New Year’s Day; Flood in photos

New Year’s Day; Flood in photos

By Albany Herald News

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January 1, 2016

No stranger to flooding, the intersection of Skywater Boulevard and Azalea Boulevard in front of the former entrance to Radium Springs Country Club was completely covered by flood waters on Friday morning. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

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New Year’s Day; Flood in photos

On New Year’s Day morning rising waters from the Flint River come close to the bottom portion of the Ray Charles Plaza in downtown Albany. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Onlookers spend New Year’s Day watching Flint River flood waters move further into Riverfront Park in downtown Albany. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

By New Year’s Day morning flood waters from the Flint River had made their way over Radium Springs proper and were encroaching into the park that sits above the springs. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

A stop sign and a mailbox at the intersection of Pine Avenue and Broad Avenue in Newton are barely visible above flood waters from the Flint River Friday morning. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bailey)

A water over road sign blocks the entrance to the old Radium Springs Country Club in southern Dougherty County. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Albany resident Jesse Nolan spends New Year’s Day morning surveying the Flint River from the edge of Riverfront Park in downtown Albany. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Water encircles the former Baker County Courthouse in Newton on New year’s Day. (Photo courtesy of David Hart)

The view down the former 13th fairway of Radium Springs golf course. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

The view looking from the fourth green back to the fourth tee of the former Radium Springs golf course, where fast-moving flood waters can be seen in the background covering what was formerly the 18th and first holes. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Flood waters reach the courtyard adjacent to the historic courthouse in downtown Newton on Friday morning. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Bailey)

This light pole that lines the river walk not far from the Ray Charles Plaza in downtown Albany is barely visible Friday morning as flood waters continued to rise in throughout Southwest Georgia. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Only the top of this light pole that is usually more than a dozen feet from the edge of the Flint River is barely visible as flood waters encroach on Riverfront Park in downtown Albany Friday. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

This walkway that leads from Ray Charles Plaza leads under the new Broad Avenue Bridge down to the Riverwalk along the Flint River in downtown Albany was covered with water Friday roughly 100 yards from the where the river’s edge normally lies. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Beyond this City of Albany Greenspace sign is the flood remains of Radium Springs Country Club, which was very nearly submerged for the third time since 1994 due to recent flood waters. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

This view from the edge of the Flint River overlook on Radium Springs Road, near the site of the old Radium Springs Casino, usually shows the river’s edge much farther back in the trees. On New Year’s Day flood waters had encroached well into the park in which this overlook lies. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)