McCaysville crews begin hauling flood debris

That is where we begin tonight on Fox 5 News at 5. In downtown McKaysville, the cleanup is underway from the devastating flash flooding earlier this week. Good evening. Thanks so much for joining us. I'm Tom Haines. I'm Courtney Bryant. Fox 5's Larry Sproul continues our coverage tonight live in downtown McKaysville with the latest. Larry? Good evening, Courtney and Tom. It's an all hands on deck cleanup approach here in downtown McKaysville. Take a look behind me. Crews have been out here all day. They are still out here cleaning up and picking up leftover debris from that flooding. But tonight, local leaders are asking for help. We need help with GEMA and FEMA and our federal partners to help this city. I understand we've got to give relief and aid to other countries, But we need help. We need help here in the United States of America. We need help in this city. Friday, McCaseville's Public Safety Director Mike Early did not hold back. It's a powerful message mixed with frustration. Everyone has lost everything. Our grocery stores, our service stations, our police department, our post office, our banks. Thanks. The way we live here in McKaysville has lost everything. That's the reality for many in downtown McKaysville, just days after heavy rain swept through the area as we were able to for the first time. Show up today to actually start taking a look, seeing what's happening. Jeremy Cowles is the president of People First Bank in downtown McKaysville. His bank is one of the many homes and businesses damaged by the flood. Quite a bit of damage inside. The water level probably got to five or six feet throughout the branch, maybe a little bit less. Yes. So right now we have the insurance gestures out here. We've had our, you know, remedy contractor out here so we could start taking a look and get our game plan to move forward. That's why a state of emergency was issued for this area along with the overnight So basically the plan for the day is we're just trying to get with all the business owners, all the residents that was affected by the flood. We're telling them just to pile all their debris out in the streets. We're coming through and picking it up, putting it in dumpsters and hauling it off. It's going to be probably weeks before we get everything cleaned up. But as the mayor stated, we're not leaving until it's done. And they also issued a boil water advisory for this area as well. We are live in downtown McKaysville. I'm Larry Sproul, Fox 5 News, Larry. Thanks state official.