( CNN ) -- The body of a 9-year-old girl believed to have been swept into a culvert during a flash flood in west-central Mississippi was recovered Monday , an official told CNN . Yazoo County Emergency Management Director Joey Ward said the girl 's body was identified by her mother . The girl 's death came as rain pounded parts of the U.S. Southeast -- storms that flooded areas in Mississippi overnight and threatened more of the same in parts of Alabama , Georgia and Florida on Monday . The girl 's mother reported that floodwater had pulled the girl into a channel under a road around 8 p.m. CT Sunday in Yazoo City , which received 4 to 5 inches of rain in a short period , Ward said . Rescuers searched the area and several other rain-swollen drainage ditches , CNN affiliate WJTV reported . A 20-person search-and-rescue team from central Mississippi assisted . Elsewhere , a woman 's body was recovered Monday in Georgia after her car was swept away in a rain-swollen creek in Gwinnett County , Lt. Colin Rhoden of the Gwinnett County Fire Department told CNN . Her identity has not been released . Flash flood watches or warnings were in effect Monday morning for parts of southeastern Mississippi , much of Alabama , a large portion of Georgia and the northwestern Florida panhandle . In North Carolina , a tornado touched down in the eastern part of the state , Chief Fred Clingenpeel of the Belhaven Police Department told CNN . He said the tornado struck a very rural area between the towns of Belhaven and Pantego , North Carolina . There were no reports of any deaths . There are possible injuries , but nothing severe at this time , Clingenpeel said . He added that houses were damaged and trees snapped when the tornado hit around 4:30 p.m . ET on Monday . Another tornado touched down in Covington County in south-central Mississippi around 2 a.m. Monday , the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said . Seven people had minor injuries , and more than 60 homes were damaged as a result of the storm in that county , the agency said . Throughout the state , the agency said it had received reports of damage to more than 70 homes . The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency warned that forecasters are saying strong storms are possible again Tuesday , with the main threats being hail , heavy rain and winds of up to 50 mph . CNN 's Suzanne Presto , Kevin Conlon and John Branch contributed to this report .
NEW : The body of the 9-year-old girl has been recovered , an official says . A woman dies after her car is swept away in Georgia . More than 70 homes are damaged and seven people injured in Mississippi . Rain pounds U.S. Southeast ; flash flood warnings and watches issued .