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Photos: Atlanta experiences major flooding as Helene hits Georgia A car in a flooded street is seen after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 27, 2024.
Flash flood emergencies were in effect for more than a dozen counties in western North Carolina, western South Carolina and northern Georgia, including the Atlanta metro area, on Friday morning.
ATLANTA – A rainy start to the week is triggering the potential for areas of flash flooding for millions across the South, including for those in the Atlanta area. A large area of high pressure ...
On September 26, Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine raised the estimated cost to $500 million with the potential for it to rise. Some 20,000 homes, businesses and other buildings received major damage and 17 Georgia counties received Federal Disaster Declarations. The flood is blamed for at least ten deaths. [1]
The second most recent major flood along the river occurred during the 2009 Georgia floods, with 28.10 feet (8.56 m) of water recorded at Vinings at the northwestern Atlanta city limit. The flood was over 5 feet (1.5 m) higher than the previous flood recorded in September 2004, as a result of Hurricane Fred. Numerous tributaries also swelled ...
Flooding resulted in the closure of approximately 1,000 bridges, while about 471,000 acres (191,000 ha) of croplands were inundated in Georgia alone. Throughout Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, approximately 18,000 businesses and homes suffered damage or destruction. Alberto was responsible for $1.03 billion in damages (1994 USD) and 33 deaths.
About 4-6 inches of rain have fallen throughout north-central Georgia, including Atlanta and its surrounding counties, according to the weather service in Peachtree City, south of Atlanta ...
In the Atlanta area, 48,000 customers experienced power outages. [19] The winds tore a roof off a house and damaged a number of mobile homes. The heavy rainfall caused severe flooding; in Donalsonville, 250 houses and 50 businesses suffered water damage, while another 35 were damaged in nearby Miller County. [20]