Tropical Storm Sally causes flash flooding

Tropical Storm Sally brought a little more than six inches of rain overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning where residents in Houston County woke up to flooding conditions on the roadways.

Houston County Emergency Management Director Chris Stoner said there were about 24 different roads that had standing water across them early around 6 a.m. Thursday. Several trees and power lines were down as well. Stoner said one of their biggest problems was cars getting stuck in some of the deep water.

“They ended up driving through, what they thought was just a shallow section of road, but that ended up being deep enough it stalled their vehicle out,” Stoner said.

“We have had this much rain before, but not at the rate it was coming down Wednesday night and Thursday morning. There were a couple of hours where we received almost two inches in one hour. Very grateful though that we did not have any injuries.”

Robins Air Force Base’s Green Street gate had a two-hour delay for non-essential employees, as there was standing water near the gate. A.D. Redmond Park in Perry was under five feet of water, and the parking lot of Academy in Warner Robins had about a foot of water as well. The storm also left water inside homes at the Castaway apartments in Warner Robins, which is where the biggest impact was as not only was flooding an issue, but a water main had busted on Leisure Lake Dr. Warner Robins Utility crews remained on scene throughout the day fixing the pipes.

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