US weather: 10 dead in severe rain, flooding

At least 10 people, including a mother and seven-year-old child, have been killed amid harsh weather in the US, Sky News reports. 

Storms and severe flooding have hit areas of Kentucky, leaving nine dead and hundreds of others in need of rescue.

Elsewhere, a person in Atlanta was killed when an "extremely large tree" fell on a home on Sunday, Atlanta Fire Rescue said.

Officials have warned the death toll is likely to rise as search and rescue efforts continue.

Kentucky governor Andy Beshear said: "This is one of the most serious weather events we've dealt with in at least a decade."

Many of the deaths were caused by cars getting stuck in high water, he added.