Torrential rains prompted flooding in and around metro Atlanta, Georgia, in September 2009. Waters began rising on September 20 and flooding peaked on September 21, 2009. Multiple fatalities were reported in the Atlanta metro area and throughout parts of Georgia and Alabama.http://www.ajc.com/news/minute-by-minute-updates-143387.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/21/georgia.floods/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,553542,00.html?test=latestnews http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=11172516

Flooding became a problem in Atlanta once again as the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit the area. Heavy rains forced some creeks over their banks in several Atlanta-area neighborhoods.http://www.ajc.com/news/heavy-rains-push-creeks-192959.html

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue declared a state of disaster for several counties in the state, many of them in the Atlanta area.http://www.ajc.com/news/minute-by-minute-updates-143387.html http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/21/georgia.floods/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,553542,00.html?test=latestnews http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=11172516

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine estimates the total number of flood-related insurance claims from the disaster will be as much as $500 million.http://www.ajc.com/news/oxendine-doubles-flood-damage-147559.html

Vice President Joe Biden surveyed the worst flood-damaged areas in Atlanta on September 25, 2009. Biden promised a "timely government response" to the disaster.http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/09/biden-to-ga-flood-victims-we-dont-want-another-katrinalike-government-response.html

Because of the severe flooding in Atlanta, several school systems delayed opening or remained closed on Monday, September 21, 2009. Schools in the following counties were closed:

• Gwinnett
• Douglas
• Paulding
• Carroll
• Stephens

In addition, all of metro Atlanta's school systems were shut down for the day.http://www.ajc.com/news/bad-weather-shuts-down-143205.html