Tammy Clemmons helps clear floodwaters from the storefront of Appalachian Quilt and Yarn on Monday in Hazard, United States — AFP 
KENTUCKY, Feb 17 (BBC): At least 10 people have died as torrential downpours over the weekend drenched parts of the south-eastern US, submerging roads and houses.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said nine people have died in his state, after making an emergency disaster declaration. About 1,000 people stranded in flood waters had to be rescued, he also said on Sunday.
The same areas could now be affected by drier but colder conditions, and the risk of snow, ice and significant disruption - according to BBC forecaster John Hutchinson.
The other death over the weekend was in Georgia, where a man lying in his bed was struck by an uprooted tree that crashed into his home.
Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina were under some type of storm-related alert over the weekend. Almost all of those states also suffered catastrophic damage in September from Hurricane Helene.
Hundreds of thousands of homes ended up without power - a number that reduced to tens of thousands early on Monday, according to monitoring site Poweroutage.us.
Some parts of Kentucky received up to 6in (15cm) of rain, National Weather Service (NWS) figures show, resulting in widespread flooding issues.
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