Southeastern U.S. dealing with catastrophic flooding

National Weather Service calls it a catastrophic flooding event. We've got towns along the Georgia-Tennessee border that are completely shut down after getting hit with historic levels of high water. Grinnell Scott has the details tonight. I've never seen flooding like this in my life. The damage is being called catastrophic. Along the Georgia-Tennessee border, nine inches of rain fell overnight. That led the Ocoee River to crest at 18 feet, a new record, sending water flowing into McKaysville, Georgia, and Copper Hill, Tennessee. Both cities are now shut down. Residents have been ordered to evacuate and stay away, but some didn't leave fast enough. The sheriff's deputies knocked on the front door and said, You need to evacuate now, but by the time my wife got dressed and I got the animals, They had to send a boat for us. Dozens of boat rescues have been reported as first responders scramble to clear the area. Police say they are now going door to door, making sure trapped residents get to safety. But with the flooding still near record levels, it won't be easy. There's still places inside the city that we cannot get to. But we're trying to get, you know, as you see, the Blackhawk and other things there, put eyes in the sky so we can see what's going on. It's still far too early to assess the damage, but it will be extensive. In addition to the water, residents are reporting significant damage to both personal and public property. And it's not clear how long the recovery effort will take. We've got motorcycles underwater, cars underwater. Every one of the shops in McKaysville is underwater. So I imagine they'll be closed for quite a while. Keep us in your prayers. And the flood threat now shifts to the coast. The storm system bringing heavy rain to parts of the northeast and mid-Atlantic. Grinnell Scott, Fox 9. All right, one of the...