6:00 UPDATE: Rescue operations were continuing. McCaysville appears to have been the hardest hit area as well as Ducktown, Tenn., which is just across the state line from McCaysville. Flooding also occurring in Ellijay, Cherry Log and Blue Ridge in Georgia. The Toccoa River which flows through the area was nearing a record crest at last check. Mudslides were blocking several roads.
EARLIER STORY. POSTED 5:15 A.M.:
Several northeast Georgia counties remain under a Flash Flood Warning this morning. And first responders have been conducting rescue operations overnight, removing people from their flooded homes.
Some of the affected areas have recieved as much as eight inches of rain the past 24 hours causing extensive flooding, according to the weather service.
Here’s the latest advisory:
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Fannin County in north central Georgia...
Gilmer County in north central Georgia...
Northwestern Union County in north central Georgia...
Murray County in northwestern Georgia...
* Until 700 AM EST.
* At 448 AM EST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts
will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. Flash
flooding is ongoing.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Chatsworth, Ellijay, Blue Ridge, Eton, East Ellijay, Morganton,
Colwell, Cherry Log, Higdon, Mountaintown, Jones Mill, Epworth,
Conasauga Lake, Tails Creek, Cohutta Wilderness, Talona, Mineral
Bluff, Roundtop, Fort Mountain State Park and Loving.