Southeast floods block highways; toll rises to 8 AUSTELL, Ga. - Washed-out roads and flooded interstate highways around Atlanta added to the misery Tuesday after days of torrential rain in the Southeast that claimed at least eight lives, including a 15-year-old boy whose body was found in the Chattooga River. Delta Air Lines to slash flight capacity WASHINGTON (AFP) - Delta Air Lines said Thursday it would slash flight capacity by 10 percent in 2009 and review staff needs in the face of the global recession and rising fuel prices. Americans struggle through a day in the recession It's a rainy spring morning and Tamara Ogier plants herself at a table in a Spartan room in the Atlanta federal courthouse, computer and tape recorder at hand, ready to hear another day's stories of financial ruin.