Cobb flooding hits Paper Mill Road

Here's Severe Weather Team 2's Katie Walls with a look at your Friday afternoon forecast.

UPDATE: Blocked drainage on Paper Mill Road has been cleared and the road is reopened.

ORIGINAL: Heavy rains Friday morning have exacerbated flooding on Paper Mill Road in East Cobb.

Access out of some local neighborhoods has been blocked but county officials announced an alternative route:

  • Take Old Paper Mill to Powers Ford
  • Turn left onto Terrell Crossing
  • Take an immediate right onto Buck Hill
  • Take a left onto Birds Mill
  • At the intersection turn right onto Denards Mill and then a right onto Sibley Forest.

The county’s transportation department had a crew on the scene working to clear debris from the drainage system at of 9:45 a.m.