00:00Right now, we're joined by storm chaser Aaron Rigsby, who's live from Cypress Lake near
00:03Register, Georgia. So Cypress Lake, not far from Register, Georgia there in Bullock County.
00:08Aaron, the sun is shining, but we understand they're still dealing with some big issues.
00:12So tell us what's going on there. Yeah, good evening, Jeff. I've actually learned a lot since
00:18the last time we spoke about what occurred here. And that dam failure fear is with good reason.
00:23I talked to a couple of residents here. You can see some of the damage left behind right here
00:27behind me. They told me it rose three feet in just 30 minutes. And actually, this is about 50
00:33yards behind me where the lake is. It spilled out of its bank, came up here and over the roadway
00:38about an additional one to two feet as that flash flood from Debbie roared on through. So the fears
00:43of this dam failing are definitely within good reason. The water is obviously down now, but the
00:48damage is done. And all of these homes through here have sustained severe damage from that flash
00:52flood. And Aaron, are we expecting to see many more rivers rise here? I know that some of the
00:59rivers are obviously rising, but is there a lot of concern about any evacuations as additional
01:04rises may occur in the area? Yeah, absolutely. I expect that trend to continue for the next couple
01:12of days, not just here in Georgia, but South Carolina and North Carolina as well. I came
01:16across some of those evacuations about 30 minutes to the east in Medlin, Georgia, and they were
01:21evacuating some homes among the immediate riverfront there because it was rising so quickly,
01:26endangering some of those homes there. So a lot of those people had to get out before the water
01:30rose too high. And unfortunately, this morning over in Clarkston, North Carolina, I came across
01:34several vehicles that had been swept off the roadway all the way up to their roofs. Thankfully,
01:38it looks like they escaped, but that's been the common theme with Debbie is that flash flooding.
01:42And now the river flooding we've talked so much about. It's blue skies now, but now it's getting
01:46hot humid, and now we have river flooding to worry about. Absolutely. And Aaron, I know that
01:52your coverage for this particular storm may be winding down as the sun's back out. The river
01:57flooding is still a big story. What are your plans here for the rest of the evening?
02:04Yeah, absolutely. I'm going to continue covering a lot of this river flooding, and this is a prime
02:08example of why covering the aftermath of these events is so important because even me as a
02:12journalist and a storm chaser, I had no idea that this even occurred with Debbie. So with these
02:15images coming out, there's bringing a lot of awareness to the impacts Debbie is still leaving
02:19behind, even though it's now a tropical depression and moving well off into the northeast. So I'm
02:23going to keep relaying those reports, keep talking to people, and keep bringing those stories to you
02:27guys throughout the evening. All right. Well, we'll look forward to that here and online as well. A
02:31lot of Aaron's stories and videography you can find on AccuWeather.com and on the AccuWeather
02:36app as well. So thanks again. In Bullock County, Georgia, Aaron Rigsby. Good report there, Aaron.
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