Published: November 9,2015
Ongoing rainy conditions have contributed to
massive problems throughout the South, including flooding and fallen
trees that killed one in Atlanta.
Marion Webb Jr., 81,
was killed when he ran his car into a downed tree early Monday morning.
11 Alive reports that around 6:00 a.m., Webb, unable to see the tree
lying in the dark street, ran the vehicle into the debris on the 3400
block of Woodhaven Road in Buckhead. He was killed on impact.
Residents
in Atlanta were trapped after trees crashed down on top of their homes.
Emergency crews rescued several people in separate incidents involving
fallen trees. A man was trapped inside of his bedroom after a tree
collapsed on top of his home on Holiday Avenue, reports CBS46. He was
taken to an area hospital and is reported to be alert and conscious.
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In
East Point, Georgia, a woman and her 2-year-old daughter were asleep
when a tree crashed down on top of their home. Both made it out safely.
A
tree snapped and landed on top of power lines, causing around 10 homes n
Norcross, Georgia, to lose power, which was quickly restored, CBS46
also reports.
The photo above shows a fallen tree in Atlanta, Georgia, on Nov. 9, 2015.(Katie Griffin/Instagram)
In Jacksonville,
Florida, the Mayport area has seen flooded streets and homes as a
result of heavy rainfall. Residents of beach communities had to walk to
their homes in nearly knee-deep water, reports First Coast News. Several
apartment complex parking lots were flooded, and water cascaded into
the streets of a residential neighborhood.
Jane
Strickland, a Mayport resident, told WJXT that at one point, flooding
reached the second step leading to her front door and rainwater
surrounded all sides of her home.
“This has been
unusually heavy. I haven’t seen flooding around my house, probably in 10
years, that is this bad,” said Strickland.
Jacksonville
Fire-Rescue said 32 ground floor apartments in the Arium Apartments
complex were damaged by flooding Sunday, WJXT also reports. The degree
of flooding ranged from wet carpets to several feet of water inside the
units.
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"[I] just opened the door, [and]
water poured in," said Jessie Oaks, a resident of the complex. "I
slammed the door back and water was still coming in, and when people
drive fast up and down the road, water still comes into your
apartment."
Victoria Carter, a resident of the New
Town neighborhood, lost her pet after her entire house became flooded
Sunday. Her dog, MawMaw, was killed after becoming tangled in a tree
limb knocked down by high winds.
"The tree
branch...must have fallen through the wind that was blowing last night.
She was trying to get away from it, got herself tangled up and must have
drowned because of the water that was back here," said Carter. "I can't
replace my dog. I can't."
Red Cross volunteers are
driving through affected areas with snacks, cleanup kits and water to
give people as they begin to clean their homes.
A flash
flood watch has been issued in Charleston by the National Weather
Service, reports Live 5 News. It will remain in effect until 7 p.m.
Monday. Motorists have been told to be cautious while on the road
because heavy rain with the potential for coastal flooding could make
driving hazardous. Road closures have also been reported by the
Charleston police department.
The city is allowing
residents concerned about flooding on neighborhood streets damaging
their cars to park for free in the city-owned Visitor Center and
Aquarium parking garages. Cars must be removed by 8 a.m. Tuesday
morning.
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