Flood waters caused havoc on Atlanta, Georgia and the surrounding areas. The area’s flooding accord after a long an unrelenting drought was ended by persistent rains over a five day period. The rain is expected to continue through Wednesday of this week causing more issues with the county’s recent water soaked terrain.
After a series of months with out any rain fall, the land was suddenly hit by .04 inches of rain fall on Tuesday, 0.76 inches on Wednesday, and 0.53 inches on Thursday all of these factors contributing to the flood on Saturday. According to the East point measuring station between midnight and 1 p.m. on Saturday 5.04 inches of rain assaulted the region.
One person was swept into rushing water about 100 miles North of Atlanta in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the person is presumed dead. A woman drowned after her car was swept away in rising flood waters, and a man’s body was found downstream in Douglas County. The flooding also caused damage to the main line of the Norfolk Southern railroad.
There are concerns of a levee failing in Chattanooga County, northwest of Atlanta which has led 300 people to abandon their homes and seek alternate shelter in a church in the town of Trion.
Water poured down in the metro area causing flooding in homes and cars floating in at least one neighborhood. 1,800 people across the metro area were with out power as the rains storms continued pounding the area relentlessly into Sunday afternoon.
Atlanta area’s Red Cross came to the aid of 44 people whose homes were flooded from the heavy rains during the weekend and are preparing to assist more if the storms keep getting more severe.
Atlanta’s South River spilled over into the water treatment plant on Browns Mill road and workers had to bring in pumps to get the water out of the area. Despite their best efforts the plant still had to be shut down until further notice.
The state and surrounding areas are hoping for a reprieve from the rain temporarily, at least until the land can soak up some of the water. Other areas were affected as well as the golf course where the U.S. PGA Tour will be holding its season-ending championship. The tour is a $10 million dollar FedEx tournament that will be held on September 24 of this year.
Anyone who would like to assist flood victims is asked to contact the Red Cross at
404-876-3706 or go online to atlantaredcross.org.