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Jay Black
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Sunday storms bring flood damage to metro Atlanta
Monday is shaping up to be a much better day and after the constant rain Sunday, we’ve probably earned it. As much as eight inches of rain fell north of Atlanta, flooding several neighborhoods, blowing up a dam and washing away a large chuck of a road in Hall County. ...
Giant jackpots for Georgia’s largest lottery games
It’s probably going to be a pretty good week to be a Georgia Lottery ticket vendor. Both the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are reaching rare air. The two jackpots combined are worth $550 million. No one matched all six numbers (6-10-12-28-32, Mega Ball 38) in Tuesday night’s $170 million ...
People warned to stay out of Chattahoochee after record rain
The record rainfall has certainly helped bring area lakes back to full pool and bring us out of the drought. But there is one major downside when it comes to Atlanta’s major river. “For right now, don’t touch the water,” says Sally Bethea with the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Organization. Bacteria levels, ...
Flood watch continues NW suburbs, more rain possible Monday
Metro Atlanta’s wet weekend leads to one more day with some rain in the forecast. The National Weather Service has extended the flood watch for Bartow and Paulding counties in metro Atlanta until 8 p.m. Monday and WSB meteorologist Kirk Mellish is calling for more scattered showers mid-day through tonight. ...
Flood watch for metro Atlanta this weekend
You might be able to get those outdoor plans in this weekend if you're quick, but don't get your hopes up. A flood watch is in place for all of metro Atlanta, with 2-4 inches of rain through Monday. The watch extends northward into the mountain counties. The watch runs through ...
Mellish: Stormy Sunday leads to nice week
Sunday’s storms brought lots of a rain, a little bit of a hail and a few downed trees. But WSB’s meteorologist Kirk Mellish says that’s it for the next five days. Most in metro Atlanta spent their Sunday stuck in doors after a rainy Sunday. The National Weather Service reports ...
Local air control towers may not be saved by Senate bill
While the Senate has passed a bill that would end FAA air traffic controller furloughs, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the small air traffic control towers across Georgia will be saved. Seven air control towers in Georgia have been marked for closure because of the budget cuts set into motion ...
Atlanta gets a piece of College Football Playoff
If Atlanta wasn’t the capital of college football before, this certainly helps. The Chick-fil-A Bowl will be one of the six bowls that will host a semifinal game in new College Football Playoff that starts in 2014. Atlanta will host a national semifinal every three years, with the first being ...
Tiger Woods gets two shot penalty before 3rd round at Masters
Tiger Woods hit the perfect shot into No. 15 green on Friday. Now it's turning into the worst perfect shot ever. The world's number one player was assessed a two-shot penalty Saturday morning when it was determined Woods took an illegal drop after his shot went into the water. Woods' ...
First time at the Masters: 'It's heaven'
"Good Morning and welcome to the Masters." That is the greeting that myself and everybody that walks through these pearly white wooden gates receives when you enter Augusta National for the Masters. At that point it was real. "Oh my God I'm here," I thought Wednesday morning when I stepped ...
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