Authorities searched Saturday in the Dog River for the body of a missing Carroll County woman.

The woman’s Jeep Liberty was found in Mobley Creek. She has been missing since the flooding began last week, officials said.

The woman’s name has not been made public.

Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller said the area being searched is just south of the Dog River bridge on Highway 5.

“We’re going to keep searching until we find her,” Miller said.

The search was temporarily suspended Saturday because of the weather but was expected to resume once the rain subsided.

“The search has been suspended because of the rain, and the river is rising,” Miller said Saturday at about 2:45 p.m.

Many local roads remain closed from last week’s flooding, and Miller told WSB Radio that officials ask that all motorists obey the barricades on closed roads.

“If you run it, and we see you, you’re going to get a $250 ticket,” he said. “If you won’t heed those barricades, we’re going to get your attention another way.”

He noted that even if a bridge appears intact, that many are damaged and cannot support the weight of an automobile.

“We don’t want anymore fatalities,” he said.

Heavy rains drenched northwest Georgia Saturday, dumping several inches and causing flooding in some areas, and forecasters said the areas hardest hit by flooding earlier in the week would likely see 1 to 3 inches.

Rain was falling Saturday afternoon across metro Atlanta as residents and volunteers worked to clean up from destructive floods that submerged homes and roads after torrential rains earlier in the week.

“There’s plenty of rain across Alabama that’s going to be moving into northwest and central west Georgia, so there is potential for flooding,” said Matt Sena, a meteorologist in the weather service’s Peachtree City office, which covers metro Atlanta.

“There’s some rain in metro Atlanta already, but not enough to cause flooding yet,” he said mid-afternoon. “But the ground is still very wet throughout the metro area, so any rain they get today could cause some problems.”

A fast-moving cold front moving across Alabama spawned rain and some small hail, said meteorologist Ken Lorek in the weather service’s Calera, Ala. office. Flash floods were issued for parts of central Alabama, but rains weren’t lingering long in any single location, so there was little danger of serious flooding, he said.

Residents and volunteers working to clean up flood damage and salvage anything possible from soggy homes should keep an eye on the sky, Sena said.

“The biggest problem right now is there are a lot of people working outside,” he said. “We’ve had some lighting with these rains. People need to get inside if they see flashes in the area.”

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine on Saturday raised the estimated cost of damage caused by heavy flooding in parts of north Georgia to $500 million. The new figure was twice as much as Tuesday’s initial damage estimate of $250 million.

“I think it could quite possibly go up,” Oxendine said, adding that the estimate of half a billion dollars was conservative.

Oxendine said 20,000 homes and other structures suffered major damage, mainly in the area north and west of Atlanta.

A federal disaster declaration has been issued to provide individual assistance for recovery efforts to residents in 14 Georgia counties that were hardest hit. The declaration covers Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Newton, Paulding, Rockdale, Stephens and Walker counties.

The Six Flags Over Georgia theme park just west of Atlanta saw some of its roller coasters partially submerged in brown, murky waters earlier in the week, but reopened Saturday with all major rides operating.