Atlanta flooding: Aerial photos

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Atlanta flooding: Aerial photos

Aerial photos of flooding in metro Atlanta taken on morning of Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009.

A home continues to burn in Powder Springs

An Austell neighborhood near Garrett Road and C.H. James Parkway is flooded to the second floor of most homes.

A section of Interstate 285 was closed Bolton Road.

Rescue workers float down a street in a Southwest Atlanta neighborhood.

Flood waters nearly reach the roof of Clarkdale Elementary School in Austell.

Flood waters engulfed this Austell neighborhood near Powder .Springs Road

The Food Depot in Douglas County was completely flooded.

Waters from Sweetwater Creek flow across Interstate 20 near Lee road.

Water carried this RV up to a building in Douglas County.

A huge tree blocks Woodward Way near Bobby Jones Golf course in Buckhead.

These Mableton homes are almost completely submerged by flood waters.

Spectators stand on railroad tracks as water flows down Highway 78 in Douglas County.

A small boat navigates through the completely flooded Brook Forest Mobile Home Park at Old Alabama Road and Love Street in Douglas county.

Flood waters toppled a truck in Mableton.

Flood waters reached the second story on houses in this Austell subdivision.

Firefighters and spectators stand at the end of a flooded street in Austell.

Flood waters from the Chattahoochee River cover Six Flags' parking lot and part of I-20.

Flood waters cover a suburb of Atlanta.

Flood waters from the Chattahoochee River cover Six Flags.

A Marathon gas station sits underwater on Highway 78 in Douglas County.

Flood waters from the Chattahoochee River cover Six Flags.

A BP station is complete submerged by flood waters on Highway 78 in Douglas County.

Flood waters from the Chattahoochee River cover part of I-20 near Six Flags.

A small boat navigates through a completely flooded Brook Forest Mobile Home Park at Old Alabama & Love Street in Douglas county.

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