Mudslides close roads, river floods buildings after Alberto dumps rain on north Georgia

WHITE COUNTY, Ga. — The remnants of Alberto brought heavy rain to north Georgia, turning parts of the Chattahoochee into a raging river, forcing a main highway to shut down and flooding an RV park.

In Helen, some businesses along the river dealt with flooding as the river swelled.

Channel 2's Richard Elliot was in the north Georgia mountains, where heavy rain caused at least three mudslides along the main road from Helen to Hiawassee. Crews were still working to repair parts of State Highway 75, which runs along the river, Wednesday night.

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Elliot spoke to residents at a nearby Airstream park that was damaged after the river flooded its banks and poured into some support buildings. They said it was the worst flooding they've seen in decades.

"Oh I've never seen it like this in the 35 years I've been here," Al Holcomb told Petersen.

Holcomb said the debris leftover from a tornado in March made flooding worse. Trees that were toppled in that storm dammed up part of the river so the water had no where else to go.

Lynn Tompkins, who is staying in the Airstream park for the summer, says flooding missed all the RVs, but that didn't make it less scary.

"I'll tell you the truth," Tompkins said, "It was mighty loud and pretty scary. But I know whose hands we're in, and there's mighty protection in the Lord."

Holcomb said professional crews are coming in to clean up inside the flooded buildings with pressure washers and water vacs.

Luckily, there were no reports of serious damages or injuries.

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