At a Glance

Winter Storm Eboni's warm side brought flooding rains to the South on Friday.A woman was killed in Louisiana when a tree fell on her camper.Another woman was killed when she fell into a creek near Chattanooga.A third woman was killed when a tree fell on her in the Great Smoky Mountains.A woman and her infant had to be rescued from a pickup truck that ran into a river in Georgia.

Powerful storms with flooding rains on 's warm side continued to lash the South on Friday, triggering flash flood emergencies, street flooding and high water rescues.

Officials blocked numerous roads, including some major highways in parts of Mississippi and Alabama. Several motorists who got stalled in deep water were rescued in the Hattiesburg area.

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At least three people have been killed as a result of the flooding and severe weather.

Laila Jiwani, 42, of Texas, was killed Thursday when a tree fell on her while she was hiking with her husband and three children in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, the Associated Press reported. Her 6-year-old was airlifted to a hospital with a broken leg and superficial head injuries.

A woman who was camping with several others was killed after she fell into a rain-swollen creek near Chattanooga, AP reported. Authorities say they recovered the woman's body Friday morning about three hours after she lost her footing and fell into the water.

The severe weather also led to one death in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, on Thursday. WAFB reported that after a tree fell on her camper when high winds moved through the area.

Mississippi

The Petal Fire Department told the Hattiesburg American they conducted morning from homes in areas just east of Hattiesburg.

Storms also brought street flooding and several large trees down on homes, vehicles and power lines in the Jackson area Thursday morning.

In Yazoo County, just north of Jackson, storms damaged several buildings, and a tree fell on a home in Bentonia.

Georgia

Numerous roads across the state were closed because of standing water.

A woman and her infant had to be rescued Friday morning from a pickup truck that ran off the road and into a river in Lumpkin County, Georgia, about 56 miles northeast of Atlanta. According to the Dahlonega Nugget, a that was close to being inundated by flood waters in Clay Creek.

WSB-TV reports that the Georgia State Patrol said Andrea Marie McMeans, 28, was driving with her 2-month-old when her truck ran off the road. The car went down an embankment, hit a tree and landed in the creek.

North Carolina

About Friday morning from rising floodwaters in Mills River, WLOS-TV reported. Street flooding was occurring in numerous locations throughout western parts of the state.

A driver in Hendersonville drove his Land Rover into a retention pond that was hidden by standing water. He had to climb out the back hatch of the SUV.

Several flooded streets were closed in Biltmore Village in Asheville. First responders had to, WLOS reported.

A woman who drove around barricades on Davidson River Road in the Pisgah National Forest became trapped by high water about 12:30 p.m. Friday. A swift water rescue team got her to safety.

Tennessee

Flooding was reported on roads in the Gatlinburg area on Friday.

Louisiana

More than a dozen homes were flooded in St. Charles Parish on Thursday.

In Metairie, outside of New Orleans, a Trader Joe's store gave away more than 10,000 pounds in perishable groceries to the Second Harvest Food Bank after the store lost power.

Emergency shelters were opened in some parishes.

Texas

Damage was also reported Wednesday in the town of Clarendon, where the National Weather Service said a home had windows blown out and minor roof damage. The town, located southeast of Amarillo, is home to about 2,000 people.

In Austin, a woman was rescued Wednesday evening when her car was washed away in floodwaters. Julie Roush-Butler, a registered nurse, said her vehicle began floating away in high floodwaters on Spicewood Springs Road.

"Like everybody that goes over a low water crossing, it was not very wide, and it was dark — very late. And it wasn’t raining. And ," Roush-Butler told KVUE-TV. "But man, all of the sudden, I got about half way across and it just started floating."

After calling 911, Roush-Butler was rescued by an emergency crew.

Two other Austin motorists were also rescued from high floodwaters Wednesday evening.

In nearby Manor, two people, including a deputy, were rescued from a tree after being trapped by floodwaters. A helicopter , according to a separate KVUE report.

A stop sign is partially submerged in water from the flooded Okatibbee River near the Meridian Regional Airport in Meridian, Mississippi, Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. (Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star via AP)