Toccoa River Shatters Its 1990 Flood Record in Hours, Swamping McCaysville and Copperhill on the Georgia-Tennessee Line
Nature World News | 09.11.2026 18:16
The Toccoa River, which becomes the Ocoee River once it crosses into Tennessee, crested at a record 18.05 feet at Copperhill early Thursday, Nov. 5, breaking the 17.75-foot mark set in February 1990, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. In the days before, the river had been running between 2 and 3 feet.
