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"The storm system that tore through much of middle America this week is finally on its way out. But torrential rain has left parts of Florida, Alabama and Georgia under record amounts of water.\nSee also: Satellite Images Clearly Show Tornado's Destructive Path\nWeather forecasters had warned the region to prepare for rain, tornadoes and damaging wind gusts through Wednesday morning.\nAs much as 20 inches had fallen in Pensacola in a 24-hour period, National Weather Service meteorologist Phil Grigsby told CBS News. As much as 5 inches may have fallen in a single hour, from 9 to 10 p.m., NBC News reports. That\u2019s more than the entirety of 2004\u2019s Hurricane Ivan.\n\n\n\nSignificant rainfall totals from Florida #CoCoRaHS Observers pic.twitter.com/KpiRVUAMpp\u2014 Florida Climate Ctr (@FLClimateCenter) April 30, 2014\n\n\n\nA section of the town\u2019s Scenic Highway was wiped out, and two vehicles plummeted more than 40 feet off a cliff when it happened.\n\n\n\nFlash flooding in Pensacola, FL is knocking out streets. @moneyries pic.twitter.com/PqGwRcOV5k\u2014 Stephanie Kay Sharp (@stephkaysharp) April 30, 2014\n\n\n\nFlorida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency to seek assistance from the federal government and activates the Florida National Guard, among other things.\nAt least two people have died as a result of the storm; both drowned in their submerged vehicles on the state's Hwy. 29, a local ABC affiliate reported.\n\n\n\nTWO DEATHS CONFIRMED: Storm related drownings in submerged vehicles on Hwy. 29, via Escambia County Sheriff's Office.\u2014 WEAR ABC 3 (@weartv) April 30, 2014\n\n\n\nResidents, sharing videos and photos that reveal the extent of the floods, posted, \"Please stay off the roads!\"\n\nThe road bed of Piedmont Street crumbles after it washed out due to heavy rains on April 30, 2014 in Pensacola.Image: Marianna Massey/Getty Images\nA Burger King sits in flood water on Brent Lane, one of the main roads in the city that was flooded out after heavy rains and flash flooding on April 30, 2014 in Pensacola.Image: Marianna Massey/Getty Images\nA truck is stuck in the middle of flooded Piedmont Street in the Cordova Park neighborhood after it washed out due to heavy rains on April 30, 2014 in Pensacola.Image: Marianna Massey/Getty Images\n\n\"Last night was like a hurricane and tornado all in one,\" Steve Olensky of Perdido Key, Fla., told CNN. His 22-foot boat vanished in the storm. \"It was blowing and blowing, the rain was coming. It was just incredible. We've been through (hurricanes) Ivan and Katrina, and we've never seen anything like this.\"\n\nA vehicle, surrounded waters up to the tops of its tires, sits abandoned in Beulah, Fla., on a flooded stretch of Mobile Highway following heavy rains near Pensacola, Fla., Wednesday, April 30, 2014.Image: G.M. Andrews/Associated Press\n\n\nHere's a before/after of Blue Springs Ave by Crescent Lake in #Pensacola. Arrows denote same house. pic.twitter.com/3MnzxQYorI\u2014 Tim Ballisty (@IrishEagle) April 30, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnother picture of some of the flooding in #Pensacola from last night. pic.twitter.com/6f0V9BE2ZJ\u2014 Arice (@Bearlysoberr) April 30, 2014\n\n\n\nIn Alabama, local weatherman Bill Karins observed that the region\u2019s Fish River was the highest its been in at least 60 years at 23.91 feet.\nResidents of the area shared photos on Twitter that showed structures and vehicles completed submerged. \u201CThere are boats and cars floating down river. Even a house!\u201D one tweeted.\n\n\n\nLook at Big Daddy's Grill, now IN Fish River #alwx #Fox10WX #mobwx pic.twitter.com/BzLRCxcwGq\u2014 Bob Grip (@Bob_Grip) April 30, 2014\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHome on Fish River - Baldwin County. Still rising. @spann pic.twitter.com/1rTGnON3GD\u2014 Holly Meek (@hollyjmeek) April 30, 2014\n\n\n\n\"I've never seen flooding like this, even with a hurricane, you don't see flooding like this,\" Orange Beach, Ala., resident Jim Paar told CNN.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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