FOX Weather Meteorologist Bob Van Dillen found himself in the middle of a harrowing rescue mission during Hurricane Helene.

Conditions deteriorated rapidly in the predawn hours around Atlanta, with millions facing the threat of lifethreatening flooding. On Friday morning, the city was placed under its firstever Flash Flood Emergency, as Atlanta endured its wettest threeday period in 104 years.

While covering the storm's aftermath, Van Dillen, a journalist from the area, heard a woman's desperate cries for help along Peach Tree Creek. She had driven into floodwaters and was trapped in her car before sunrise.

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