North Georgia flooding: Businesses face long road to recovery
Business owners along the Georgia-Tennessee border are digging through mud and ruined inventory after severe flooding along the swollen Toccoa River devastated the twin towns.
Summary by The Atlanta Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Kevyn Stewart, as published by FOX 5 Atlanta (WAGA) - News · · 1 min read
Business owners along the Georgia-Tennessee border are digging through mud and ruined inventory after severe flooding along the swollen Toccoa River devastated the twin towns.

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