A total of 78 counties were declared federal disaster areas - 55 in Georgia, ten in Alabama and 13 in Florida. Across the entire area of the three states affected by the flooding, 17 new record flood levels were recorded, some breaking the old records by over 2m.
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In 1994, Tropical Storm Alberto caused heavy damage to the existing Riverside... -
A total of 78 counties were declared federal disaster areas - 55 in Georgia,... -
Some of the worst flooding occurred along Georgia's Ocmulgee River and its... -
Water drawn from the Ocmulgee River is pumped to Javors J Lucas Lake - the... -
A high-capacity pump withdraws raw water from the reservoir lake. The Frank C... -
The finished water is stored in a number of domed clearwells on the 1,200ha... -
The view looking from one of the clearwells towards the water production...