In Atlanta, Flooding From Helene Forced Some Residents to Wade to Safety
In Buckhead and other northern Atlanta neighborhoods, a swollen Peachtree Creek, a 7.5-mile waterway that flows into the Chattahoochee River, helped fuel the flooding in some apartments and houses that forced some residents to flee, wading through the streets.
Atlanta fire crews had already rescued more than two dozen people overnight when a call came early Friday morning with reports of a family trapped on their car roof in northwest Atlanta.
More than a hundred people were killed by Helene, and three more named storm systems are now churning in the Atlantic.
FOX Weather Meteorologist Bob Van Dillen found himself in the middle of a harrowing rescue mission during Hurricane Helene.
Peachtree and Cross Creeks flooded homes Friday. Rescuers had to use boats to help some families get to higher ground.
Torrential rain from Hurricane Helene caused widespread flood damage in metro Atlanta as waters from the Chattahoochee and its tributaries spilled over their banks.
A FOX Weather meteorologist who was covering the flooding caused by Helene in Atlanta was captured on video saving a woman ...
The fire department said it has saved 25 people so far in the Peachtree Creek/Peachtree Battle area as the creek overflows. Those affected are sheltering in MARTA buses as the flooding ...
ATLANTA - A popular Black-owned Buckhead restaurant is partially closed due to flood damage from Helene. Apt 4B co-owner ...
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