Record flooding submerges homes in McCaysville

News out of North Georgia, that's where rescues and emergency evacuations are underway following massive flooding. The situations are dangerous. In fact, Fannin and Gilmer County schools canceled school today. So that is Mark Teicher is live in McCaysville with the very latest for us, Mark. Yeah, guys, one of those Fannin County school buses, by the way, being used to transport these victims to the rec center after they're being rescued by just one of the boats you're looking at right now. They've got a number of these boats that have been going out doing these emergency rescues after the Toccoa River overflowed its banks, really overflowed its banks. We have got feet and feet of water here in downtown McCaysville. In fact, the chief says that some of the homes off the next block or two could be completely submerged underwater, and as a result, they have been conducting these rescues for the last couple of hours. We know at least 30 rescues have been made. We haven't seen any new ones in the last hour or so, but we do know that they've got a number There's a number of boats that are out there trying to make sure that they're They're checking on folks, a lot of debris, as you can imagine, floating down downtown McCaysville as a result of this. We have seen giant propane tanks. The chief says one of his squad cars came floating by. This is a complete mess. We did manage to talk with one of the residents who actually got rescued by these boats, and he was just glad to be high and dry with his dog and his cat. By the time I got dressed and went outside the water was this deep and I couldn't get my truck out so I had to leave my truck. Then the sheriff's deputies knocked on the front door and said you need to evacuate now and he said you probably have to wade through water. But by the time my wife got dressed and I got the animals. They had to send a boat for us. It's over rooftops in several different areas. Right here in our downtown business district, it's about six, seven feet high as we speak, and it just keeps coming on up. I have one of my police cars that's floating down the river right now. I don't know where it's at, but it's somewhere down there. Yeah, hopefully they'll be able to find it. He actually just got in a boat maybe to go look for it. How much water are we talking about? A record 18 feet of water that came above the flood stage here at this particular river. That is a record for McCaysville as far as the amount of flooding that they've ever seen in this particular town. Of course, this effort is going to be continuing throughout the morning. Fox Bible State on top of it all morning long, but for now, That is the latest from here in McKaysville, right on the Georgia-Tennessee border. Back to you guys in the studio. What a sight. All right, Mark, thank you so much for that. Also, a complete washout on Lucius Road. It's near Highway 76 in Cherry Log. The floodwaters had a family stranded there in their home. So new rainfall totals this morning indicate this was a record rainfall event. So be sure to stay with Good Day Atlanta as we continue to follow this breaking situation. We'll get back to you in a minute.