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Overwhelmed

Georgia begins cleaning up $250 million in flood damage

With floodwaters finally receding, Georgians began the unglamorous task of cleaning up, while taking stock of the destruction from an unprecedented autumn deluge that has claimed nine lives and caused an estimated $250 million in damage. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
LATEST HEADLINES:
• Flooding in the Southeast: The big picture
• FRIDAY P.M.:It's official: Atlanta flooding was 'epic'
• Flash flood watches canceled
• For some Georgia flood victims, damage akin to Katrina
• Franklin: Put flood damage at $1 billion
• FRIDAY A.M.: New flash flood watch issued for metro Atlanta
• Biden tours flood damage as more rain looms
• Flood surge still moving through Columbus
• Lake Lanier retains 37 billion gallons of flood water
• Flooding in Southeast hits homes, roads hard
• Obama opens flood aid to four Georgia counties
• Flood claims may reach 16,000; many to be rejected
• Chattahoochee River crests at a record 29.84 feet
• THURSDAY: Aerial view hints at scope, cost of Atlanta flood
• Remnants of hurricane Fred are to blame
• After drought, residents caught by surprise
• Health officials: Assume floodwater is contaminated
• Flood survivors recount evacuation
• Death toll at 10 as Southeast floods start to ebb
• Obama assures help for flooded Georgians
• WEDNESDAY P.M.: Perdue asks Obama to declare emergency
• County-by-county flood update
• Deluge helps buffer Lake Lanier's level


WRAL

Water app

USGS offers free, customizable N.C. flood alert tool

Some of you who live in low-lying or otherwise flood-prone locations may be interested in a new service offered for free by the U.S. Geological Survey. The North Carolina Hydrologic Alert System provides near real-time e-mail or text message alert notifications. (WRAL Raleigh) NC-HAS


Times Free Press

What's in your water?

As Southeast grows, more contaminants find water supply

Federal and state inspectors test water purity by using regulations mostly set in the 1970s. Numerous chemicals have come on the scene since then, but regulators are not required to test for many of them. Opinions vary on whether that means tap water is safe. (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
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• PART 2: Age is the enemy of safe water

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“Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays, it insists on it.”
— Russell Baker

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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