Flash flood rescue caught live in Fannin County

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Nov 5, 2026
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This is a live rescue.
You are looking at this right now in Fanning County.
Look at the water moving behind this gentleman.
He's got a life vest on right now. And this
Obviously unfolded through the overnight hours
and it's something we are continuing to monitor
this morning. He's on a raft right now.
It looks like they have gotten him from somewhere else and
they've brought him to where our camera is in Fanning County right now.
The firefighters helping
him out of the raft there as the water is moving pretty quickly.
Look at that chair or bench just
Just there to the side of the building, you can see the water.
Up to just about the edge of where you sit, so it is high.
The water is high and it is moving up there.
I'm noticing on the shirt here it says Cherokee County,
so it looks like they are getting some help
from neighboring communities this morning.
This is going on in Fannin County
and you can see them pulling the raft now out of the water.
As I'm sure this is one of many that local officials have had
to deal with this morning in Fannin County.
Let's get to the flash flood emergency.
McKaysville, Ducktown, and Copper Hill all included in this.
Evacuations undergoing along West
Tennessee Avenue, East Tennessee Avenue.
That's right along the Toccoa River.
So coming into McKaysville on Blue Ridge Drive,
that's where you run into the problems.
This is one of the lowest spots of northern Georgia, which is why all
of that water is draining there and eventually up towards.
Tennessee River as it crosses the state line.
This is the rain that fell through the evening
and overnight hours. You can see
that flash flood emergency through parts of northern Gilmer and
southern Fannin that we had through the overnight.
That was as the rain was falling. Our problems now
are as the rain is draining up to the north through really
the McKaysville area. We picked
Picked up widespread over five, six inches of rain.
From Mountain Town, just north of Cherry Log,
and up into the Blue Ridge area.
Now, we are quieting down.
There's only very little radar activity.
74 is where we're headed later on today.
Not expecting this to happen once again,
but scattered showers will be possible along
the I-85 corridor points south and to the east.
Here is your Fox 5 Storm Team 7-Day Forecast.
72 for Friday, 66 on Saturday, 67 on Sunday.
Overnight low temperatures on the cooler side,
mid 40s, some roll in towards mid-November.
We're going to continue monitoring what's going
on up towards the north.
Justina?
All right, we are hitting the road.
