1,000-year flood swamps Tennessee-Georgia border towns as one dies and 117 are rescued

Tennessee Georgia flood 1000 year flooding in McCaysville and Copperhill

The Tennessee Georgia flood 1000 year event turned two quiet border towns into a disaster zone in a single night. Rain that fell for hours over the Blue Ridge mountains sent the Toccoa River surging through McCaysville, Georgia, and Copperhill, Tennessee, sweeping cars downstream, flooding homes, and cutting both towns off from the outside world. … Read more