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Seydi Burciaga just finished her overnight shift at Sam's Club, where she worked for the past 10 years. She made her way through the pouring rain in her minivan and turned onto her cul-de-sac in suburban Atlanta.

She was three-tenths of a mile from home. The mother of two young children never made it.

Floodwaters from a swollen creek swept her Nissan Quest from Desiree Drive around 5 a.m. Monday. On a normal day, the creek is only a few a feet wide. Read full article »

CNN's Mallory Simon contributed to this report.

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