Record River flood triggers state of emergency and Level 4 activation; Florida's St. Johns River forecast into major flood stage; FEMA raises Stafford Act assistance limits
A record flash flood on the Georgia and Tennessee line leads today’s brief, with the Toccoa River cresting at slightly over 18 feet, more than 80 rescues in Fannin County and 68 in Polk County, a Georgia state of emergency for four counties, a Tennessee State Emergency Operations Center activation at Level 4, and the McCaysville water treatment plant shut down under a boil water advisory. Florida carries the only major river flooding in the country as the St. Johns near Cocoa heads into major flood stage and the Peace River at Arcadia floods homes at River Acres. FEMA published its annual…
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