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Parts of metro Atlanta experiencing heavy flooding

Day care evacuated because of flooding A Cobb County day care had to be evacuated because of flooding in the area. (Cobb County Fire Department)

ATLANTA — Parts of metro Atlanta were seeing heavy flooding after strong storms moved through Thursday afternoon.

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Viewers sent Channel 2 Action News video of Northside Drive under several inches of water near I-75.

Crews rescued a person from a car in flood waters on Northside Parkway and Howell Mill. Trees were also down on Northside Drive at West Paces Ferry Road and power is out. In Cobb County, standing water was starting to consume the left lanes of I-75 south near I-285. Cobb Fire is currently evacuating a day care on Anderson Mill Road due to rising flood waters. Cedartown in Polk County was also experiencing flash flooding.

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