DRY SKIES BROUGHT RELIEF TO MUCH OF ATLANTA TUESDAY .. BUT THE IMPACT OF
WIDESPREAD FLOODING CONTINUED TO TAKE ITS TOLL ON OTHER PARTS OF GEORGIA.
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTIES ARE LIKE THIS ONE, NORTHWEST OF ATLANTA,
WHERE ONLY THE TOPS OF THESE HOMES ARE VISIBLE -- HUNDREDS, LEFT HOMELESS.
THOMAS EARLE SAYS HIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS COMPLETELY FLOODED..AND THE ONLY WAY FOR
HIM TO GET AROUND -- IS BY BICYCLE.
All the streets are shut off. Trees down everywhere. Water, mud, it's just a
huge mess.
THIS SIX FLAGS AMUSEMENT PARK.. LOOKS MORE LIKE A WATER PARK.
HERE, A CREEK HAS OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS, WASHING OUT PART OF A MAJOR ATLANTA
INTERSTATE.
IT'S AREAS LIKE THESE WHERE GEORGIA GOVERNOR SONNY PERDUE IS URGING THE MOST
CAUTION. HE PLEADED WITH TRAVELERS AGAINST DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED STREETS.
Even heavy vehicles are no match for water flowing across the road. Any
situation like this is where we get most of our fatalities.
A WOMAN IN A MINIVAN EAST OF ATLANTA WAS SWEPT OFF A ROAD WHEN FLASH FLOODING
TRAPPED HER IN HER VEHICLE. HER NEIGHBOR SAID HE WAS ONE OF THE LAST TO SEE
HER ALIVE.
I couldn't see more than 3 feet in front of me, I mean, it was complete chaos.
I can't imagine what she went through especially in the last moments of her
life.
MUCH OF GEORGIA IS STILL KEEPING AN EYE ON THE FORECAST -- WHICH CALLS FOR MORE
RAIN IN THE UPCOMING DAYS.
ANDY FLICK, REPORTING FROM ATLANTA...NEWS 5
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