The Flood of Middle Georgia 1994

The flood of 1994 ended up killing 18 people. It was a flood that hit middle Georgia right in the face. About 500 people were evacuated from the downtown area of Macon, the telegraph reported. Macon's levee that ran from the Otis Redding Bridge south to an industrial park and curves inland ended up breaking. The levee was a mile long and 30 feet tall. The Savannah District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers put together 20,000 sandbags to help the broken levee. Prison inmates and city workers stacked these bags in hopes to help the levee. Interstates 16 and 75 were both shutdown and this had never been done in the history of Georgia. There were many counties that were actually short on water and supplies because of this flood. A lot having to do with the lack of travel capabilities. This was a huge weather disaster that affected many people in the cities of middle Georgia.

             
                                                             The flood of 1994