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Flooding in Chattanooga, Tennessee made a mess of roads, flooding countless cars and causing widespread destruction. Even worse, at the time this article was written, the death toll was at four individuals, a number which likely will increase.
Learn how to survive a submerged car.
With more rain forecasted for the area by the National Weather Service, the flooding is expected to worsen before it gets better. That has officials pleading with people to stay home instead of trying to traverse flooded roads.
Numerous streets and neighborhoods are flooded, with cars abandoned as drivers who thought they could make it were forced to leave their rides.
Even more shocking, sections of Interstate 24 by the Georgia border have become impassible, thanks to high waters and stalled out cars.
Footage taken by a bystander and shared on social media site X shows a man breaking the back window on an SUV to rescue a woman trapped inside. The water comes up to the man’s neck as the vehicle floats helplessly in the floodwaters.
One of the deceased was found in floodwaters as rescuers searched for someone else who was swept away, reports Chattanooga Times Free Press. The other three deaths were from a family who were in their car when a tree fell on it.
The best way to not get into a bad situation when a road is flooded is to not drive down it. Many times, drivers believe the water they’re headed towards is shallower than it really is, only realizing once they’re literally in too deep that they’re in trouble.
Everyone should have a glass break in their car, just in case they end up in a situation where they need to escape through a window quickly. Most vehicles will float for a few minutes before they start to sink, and that’s when you want to get out.
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