With at least five people dead and massive expanses of land and roads under water, Georgia's governor declared a state of emergency Monday in the 17 counties hardest hit by flooding from severe weather.
Just west of Atlanta, some areas have received about 22 inches of rain since last week, CNN meteorologists reported. About 12 of those inches fell in a 12-hour period from Sunday night to Monday morning.
After Georgia creeks and rivers burst, swollen by days of rain, residents struggled to escape.
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i live in atlanta and i was near tears as i looked at the news and they showed areas looking like the footage from katrina. thankfully all of my folks are ok, but one of my homegirls in west atlanta and she wasn't allowed into her house.
ReplyDeleteWow! Where did this come from? I didn't even know Atlanta flooded like that.
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