Photos: Cobb County flooding in 2009

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Photos: Cobb County flooding in 2009

Flooding deluged parts of Cobb County, including subdivisions and famed Six Flag over Georgia, in September 2009.

Tydus Tarver's Powder Springs house burned to the ground when firefighters had to abandon it because of rising flood waters. He has lived here since 1996. "It's flooded, but not like this before," he said.

Tarver's smoldering home.

The abandoned fire trucks that tried to save his house.

Austell's Sylvester Cheek walks his dog Taffie to the edge of Old Alabama Road so she can check out the walking route.

Residents of the flooded Five Oaks neighborhood gather in front of the subdivision.

Some Five Oaks launched a boat to check their houses and retrieve belongings. The neighborhood remained inaccessible, but some residents still attempted to view their homes.

Others like Ry and Dara Kol try to wade through the waters to their house.

Norfolk Southern workers prepare to inspect and repair switching equipment on the railroad tracks, which remain flooded at Oglesby Road. After the flooding dissapates, all switched tracks must be inspected before trains can run.

A barren Interstate 20 remains empty near the Six Flags exit on Tuesday.

Flood waters from Sweetwater Creek cover Six Flags and one of its massive parking lots.

Interstate 20 remains empty between exit 47 in Cobb County and exit 45 in Fulton County because of flood waters from the Chattahoochee River.

An earthworm slithers across the empty interstate. Where are the cars?

Earl Knight uses a shovel as an oar as he rows down the flooded Oglesby Road with friend Cornell Daniels. Knight is a friend from Daniels' church who was on hand to help Daniels check on his flooded home.

A Cobb County police officer stands guard while onlookers watch the rapidly moving water from Sweetwater Creek on Veterans Memorial Highway.

This house remains under water this afternoon on Oglesby Road in Powder Springs.

Cobb firefighter Jeremy Towns washes the mud off of Powder Springs-Dallas Road so it can be opened. If not washed away, the slippery mud could cause problems for drivers.

Two employees of Yancey Brothers CAT Rental Store on Lee Industrial Blvd in Austell wade through the floodwaters.

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Tydus Tarver's Powder Springs house burned to the ground when firefighters had to abandon it because of rising flood waters. He has lived here since 1996. "It's flooded, but not like this before," he said.

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