Boat owners on the Riverfront Marina woke up to a surprise Monday morning. The “B” dock parking lot is flooded with several inches of water from the Savannah River. Longtime residents say they believe the waters of the river are rising and are backing up into marina’s storm water system, causing the parking lot to flood.

It’s a river flowing through Lake Jean Drive, and this rural road is not alone. Heavy rains, nearly 7 inches in some parts, in just 24 hours, are making for a messy, drizzly day after. WJBF News Channel 6’s Paige Tucker reports.

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a flood watch for portions of east central Georgia and central South Carolina.

Wednesday, we told you about the problems folks at Whitney Place were having with their drainage systems. Well, the developer of the property came out and fixed the problem. They found out there were 2 major holes in the pipes.

Complaints are raining down in an Augusta neighborhood. The people who live there say they’re tired of what the water is doing to their homes and they want something done about it. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.

Flooding is still a concern in Augusta…19 years after the big one…Raes Creek was one of the city waterways that overflowed its banks in October 1990. Now, nearly two decades later, Augusta leaders will be looking deeper into flooding on Raes Creek.

You can still help those flood victims in Atlanta. Kroger, along with the Salvation Army, is extending the round-up of donations through this Saturday, October, 3rd.

All those images of floodwaters in Atlanta will cause homeowners everywhere to think twice about having flood insurance. Augusta homeowners will soon get access to new updated flood zones. Count on our Fraendy Clervaud. He has the story.

They’re a little worn out, but a group of local firefighters is back from a rescue mission in Atlanta. And many have already returned to their regular jobs. Monday, seven Columbia County firefighters and their four boats, along with some Richmond County volunteers, members of the swift boat rescue team, and their boats drove to Atlanta to help out. They worked all day Monday and got back at it again, Tuesday, before returning to the CSRA.

Days of heavy rain have turned the weather deadly from Alabama through Georgia into eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. Eight people have died in the rising tides, including one child. The hardest hit state may be Georgia, where Governor Sony Perdue has delared emergencies in 17 counties. ABC News’ T.J. Winick is in Austell, Georgia with more on the wicked weather.

Hundreds of schools have been shut down as heavy storms move through Georgia. Classes will not be held Tuesday for students at Atlanta, Cobb, Carroll, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Marietta, Rockdale and Paulding schools.

Hundreds of Georgia residents affected by the floods crammed into Red Cross shelters across the state.

There are several roads closed or detoured in and around Atlanta due to the huge rainfall amounts and flooding. We have a link to the Georgia Department of Transporation’s website which lists the road conditions and best routes to take around the affected areas.

Docile creeks turned into surging rivers and rivers into raging floodwaters as storms raking the Southeast for days dropped up to 20 inches of rain. At least six people are reported dead.  Floodwaters ripped apart a trailer home in Carroll County, drowning a 2-year-old boy who was swept from his father’s arms. In Atlanta, stranded motorists scrambled to the tops of their car as waters rose on one of the city’s busiest highways.

Emergency and rescue crews in Atlanta are getting a helping hand. A few Columbia County firefighters are heading there to help out. They were going to report first to Powder Springs, Georgia, which is north of Atlanta, near Marietta. From there, the local firefighters said they’d be dispatched out to areas they’re most needed. WJBF News Channel 6’s Paige Tucker has more. UPDATE: So far, Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue have assisted with the rescue of 35 flooding victims in the Atlanta area.