Six Flags theme park under water as flooding hammers Atlanta

A rollercoaster at Six Flags theme park is flooded in Austell, Georgia. Record amounts of rainfall resulted in flooding across the south-east US Photograph: John Bazemore/AP

A large home is flooded in the Buckhead neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

A truck is submerged in flood waters in Mableton, Georgia. Days of downpours and thunderstorms saturated the ground of states in the south-east just months after an epic two-year drought Photograph: John Bazemore/AP

A car sits submerged on a flooded portion of a road in Atlanta, Georgia. Sonny Purdue, Georgia's governor, has declared a state of emergency in 17 counties Photograph: Jessica McGowan/Getty

Water reaches near the roofs of homes in Mableton, Georgia. "It's a mess all over," said Lisa Janak of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency Photograph: AP

Peter von Wismar walks under a fallen tree in front of his home in Atlanta. Hundreds of roads and bridges are under water or washed out in the Atlanta area and other parts of Georgia Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA