Families in Northwest Atlanta’s Hanover West community cleaned out water-logged homes Saturday.
Peachtree and Cross Creeks flooded homes Friday. Rescuers had to use boats to help some families get to higher ground.
Friday night, the water receded enough to allow people to check on their homes. By Saturday, nearly every homeowner near Bohler Road was cleaning up in some way.
Simone Alting gave Channel 2′s Courtney Francisco a tour inside her home to give an idea of what the repair process will include.
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“Watch out because it’s slippery,” she said as they slowly walked through hallways covered in mud.
“Everything is trashed inside the house,” said Alting. “It’s basically a tear-down.”
Alting said she watched the flood water rise inside her home from upstairs Friday. It peaked at six feet before starting to drop.
“The couches were floating and bumping into the walls,” said Alting. “Imagine the fridge was falling on the side and floating.”