Georgia receives pledge of help

MARIETTA, Ga. — Vice President Joe Biden on Friday pledged the federal government would help Georgia recover from the severe weather that swept through the Southeast, even as rain and the threat of more flooding were forecast for the weekend.

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Biden toured the metro Atlanta area by helicopter and saw portions of the city still under water from the deluge earlier this week. At least 11 deaths in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee were blamed on the storms.

"It’s not Katrina in its scope, by any stretch of the imagination, but the impact on their lives, on your lives, we understand it is Katrina,” Biden said.

President Barack Obama was closely monitoring the situation from the G-20 economic summit in Pittsburgh, Biden said. After touring the devastation that washed out roads and highways, the vice president visited residents who have been staying at a Red Cross shelter in Cobb County.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for the Atlanta area.

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