Flooding in Georgia from Tropical Storm Alberto

The remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto dropped heavy rains on central and southwest Georgia in early July 1994. This rainfall caused extensive flooding that damaged buildings, levees, dams, and local infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and utilities. As elements of the Interagency Hazard Mitigation Team (lHMT) process, a Building Performance Assessment Team (BPAT) and a Dam Performance Assessment Team (DPAT) (which consisted of structural, geotechnical, and civil engineers) were deployed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to evaluate damages and determine possible mitigation opportunities for buildings and dams damaged by the flooding. Both teams performed field evaluations and identified issues that need further attention, such as dam failures causing sudden increased flows and loss of facility usefulness, levee failures causing additional flooding, building failures and loss of building contents from water velocities and/or inundation, and other related issues identified. This report documents the findings of both teams and is intended to supplement the separate IliMT report.