WEBVTT THE HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT -- FLOODING STREETS AND SENDING FIREFIGHTERS OUT TO RESCUE MOTORISTS ..STUCK IN ALL THAT WATER.WJCL'S CIARA LUCAS HAS MORE ON THE DAMAGE FROM TODAY'S STORMS. "ALL OF THESE YEARS, YOU WOULD HOPE THE CITY WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING BY NOW." :05 SEC. HEAVY DOWN POURS ALL ACROSS SAVANNAH CAUSING SEVERE FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. STALLING CARS, AND CAUSING SOME RESIDENTS TO WALK THROUGH KNEEE DEEP WATERS IN THE STREET.AT YIA YIA'S KITCHEN, THE FLOODING IS NO SURPRISE, BUT THE OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT IS TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE ISSUE TO BE IMPROVED. STATHY STATHOPOULOUS, YIA YIA'S KITCHEN "FOR YEARS THEY TALKED ABOUT THE ARDSLEY PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP REDUCE FLOODING, BUT YET TO NO AVAIL." :08 SECS.IT'S AN ISSUE THAT ISN'T JUST INCONVENIENT, BUT AFFECTS BUSINESS EVERY TIME THE AREA FLOODS.TONIGHT, CLOSING THEIR DOORS THREE HOURS EARLY TO CLEAN UP THE MESS FLOOD WATER LEFT BEHIND. STATHY STATHOPOULOUS, YIA YIA'S KITCHEN "WE'LL BE HERE CLEANING UP ALL NIGHT.STAFF WILL COME IN THE MORNING TOO TO START CLEANING UP, WE'VE GOT THE FANS GOING." :08 SECS. HE'S HOPING THIS TIME, SOMETHING WILL CHANGE.AND THE CITY WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF SAVANNAH'S RESIDENTIAL AREAS."WE NEED SOMETHING DONE HERE.THERE'S A MIDTOWN SAVANNAH, EAST SIDE, SOUTHSIDE.LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT WE NEED TOCORRECT AND CAN BE CORRECT, VERSUS FOCUSING ON TOURISTS AND DOWNTOWN." DOWNTOWN." SEVERAL MOTORISTS WERE TRAPPED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THREE RESCUE GROUPS WERE ORGANIZED