At least nine dead in US floods and heavy rain

At least nine people have died over the weekend, as torrential downpours drenched parts of the south-eastern US, submerging roads and houses.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said eight people had died in his state and suggested at a news conference on Sunday that the total could go up.

Hundreds of people stranded in flood waters, many stuck in their cars, had been rescued, and Beshear warned residents to "stay off the roads right now and stay alive".

In Georgia, the ninth death was recorded after a man lying in his bed was struck by an uprooted tree that crashed into his home.