Flooding in metro Atlanta

Metro Atlanta

Flooding in metro Atlanta

Flooding across metro Atlanta on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009.

Flood victims from across Cobb and Douglas counties find refuge for the night at the American Red Cross disaster center inside the Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta Monday night.

Nafisha Lahut, 11, tends to her 4-year-old sister Zariyah at a American Red Cross disaster center inside the Cobb County Civic Center Monday night. The family was forced to leave their Austell home. the girls' mother Zahiyah Lahut said "our home is completely under water."

One of more than 72 flood victims from Douglas and Cobb County trys to get some sleep Monday night at the American Red Cross disaster center inside the Cobb County Civic Center.

Residents gather at the edge of the flooding at the intersection of Northside Drive and Sagamore Drive Monday night to survey the damage.

Gwinnett County officers watch as a rescue boat is sent off to save a family off Spain Road in Snellville.

Rescue workers make their approach to dry land after rescuing trapped family from their flooding Snellville home.

Gwinnett County rescue team helps the a family disembark from the boat that saved them from their flooding Snellville home.

The Red Cross's temporary shelter at the First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville was prepared to receive the needy late Monday evening after severe flooding hit Gwinnett County.

Cherokee Fire Department rescue personnel help a Powder Springs family Monday afternoon.

Cherokee Fire Department rescue personnel help Ammie Hunter, 89, while evacuating her from her Lindsey Drive home in Powder Springs.

Volunteer Stephen Wiggins carries a young girl across the water after her Powder Springs home was flooded Monday.

An aerial photo from Monday shows flooding at the Peachtree Park Apartments in Atlanta.

Cars make their way through a flooded downtown connector on Monday afternoon.

Doug Alexander vacuums the steps into the basement of his north Atlanta home Monday in the hopes that he can hold off any flooding.

Doug Alexander walks through-waist high water flowing in front of his North Atlanta home to his car Monday to pick up his son from school.

The Seven Springs Museum on Marietta Road was under water Monday. Flooding in downtown Powder Springs at Marietta Road and Brownsville Road.

A female motorist caught in rising waters gazes out of the back of a Georgia State Patrol car after being rescued from her flooded vehicle on I-75 South.

Jennifer VanNess, 36, takes a boat to safety after rescue crews picked her up near Peachtree Battle Ave. and Arden Road in Atlanta.

Jennifer VanNess said her home had 6 feet of water on the driveway.

Cindy Myers gathers items to take to the second story of her mother's home near Peachtree Creek in Atlanta. Cindy grew up in this house that her family has had since 1954. The backyard is flooded and the basement is filled up to the third step down.

A resident's Mercedes is submerged in water outside this house from a flooded Peachtree Creek on Woodward Way at the intersection of Northside Drive Monday. Most residents say they have not seen this much flooding since Hurricane Ivan five years ago.

Lt. Johnny Phillips with the Martinez-Columbia fire department in Augusta gets a boat ready on Peachtree Battle Avenue in Atlanta to rescue people from their homes. Phillips and others from his department traveled two hours to help in North Atlanta.

A female motorist abandons her flooded vehicle on I-75 South as part of the highway becomes covered with water during rush hour on Monday afternoon.

Andy Hickey with the U.S. Geological Survey checks to see if anyone is in a car that is submerged on Northside Drive at Woodward Monday, finding nobody. Hickey was there to check the gauge to see what stage the water was at, finding a record. As of 5:30 p.m., the water was at 23.17 feet with the record being 22.54 feet.

This is flooding at the corner of Hanover West and Bohler Road in Northwest Atlanta. it's right out the front gate of the Cross Creek Condo Association. The water is coming from Peachtree Creek.

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Flood victims from across Cobb and Douglas counties find refuge for the night at the American Red Cross disaster center inside the Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta Monday night.

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