India, Sept. 29 -- A landslide shut down the Gatlinburg Bypass on Saturday after heavy rain caused flooding in parts of eastern Tennessee, the National Park Service said, according to Fox Weather report.

Officials at Great Smoky Mountains National Park said the closure affects the roughly 4-mile loop around Gatlinburg.

"The Gatlinburg Bypass is closed until further notice due to a large landslide that occurred Saturday morning following heavy rainfall," the agency wrote in a weekend update.

A Flash Flood Warning was issued for Sevier County, where National Weather Service Doppler radar showed rainfall of 2 to 3 inches per hour, leading to flooding.

The Sevier County Emergency Management Department said multiple roads in the county wer...