South Georgia Flooding and Coming Rains

The last thing Southwest Georgia needs right now is rain, but that's exactly what the National Weather Service is predicting.

Over the next three days the area could see an additional thirteen inches of rain. That's on top of the nearly foot of rain that fell over the weekend in some places.

The ground is already saturated and creeks and streams are at capacity. Scott Bowers is with the Tift County Emergency Management Agency. He says people need to be vigilant.

"People in low-lying areas, people that are, you know, close to bodies of water, they need to have steps in place to evacuate their homes. They need to make sure they are looking out their windows and looking at the levels of the water in the ponds and streams."

Governor Sonny Perdue has declared a State of Emergency in several counties. Emergency officials in Albany are filling and placing sandbags in flood prone areas. Several roads remain closed in the region.