Heavy rain is causing serious flooding near the Chattahoochee River. Early this morning, Roswell fire crews set up barricades to block off dangerous areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But fire officials say at least one driver thought the warning signs didn\u2019t apply to them\u2014going around the barriers and ending up stuck in rising water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u26a0\ufe0f Why It Matters:<\/strong> Flooded roads aren\u2019t just an inconvenience\u2014they can turn deadly in seconds. It only takes one foot of water to sweep away a car. When drivers ignore barricades, they\u2019re not just risking their own lives. They\u2019re also putting first responders in danger when they have to perform a rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\ude97 Take Action:<\/strong> If you see water on the road, remember Turn Around, Don\u2019t Drown. Those barricades aren\u2019t there for decoration\u2014 they are there to keep you alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udc40 What\u2019s Next:<\/strong> More rain is in the forecast, which means the risk of flooding isn\u2019t over. Stay alert, follow road closures, and avoid low-lying areas that flood easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=2]\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Heavy rain is causing serious flooding near the Chattahoochee River. Early this morning, Roswell fire crews set up barricades to block off dangerous areas. But fire officials say at least one driver thought the warning signs didn\u2019t apply to them\u2014going around the barriers and ending up stuck in rising water. \u26a0\ufe0f Why It Matters: Flooded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":43287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[16836,14887,10022,11060,9252],"class_list":["post-217188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic","tag-current","tag-flood","tag-flooding","tag-heavy-rain","tag-rain","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}