McCaysville residents picking up the pieces after devastating flooding leaves damage behind

Cleanup is continuing in the town of McCaysville, Georgia, after another round of devastating floods destroyed homes and stranded residents overnight.A state of emergency has been declared for the area as crews work to pick up debris and repair the damage.Wednesday night's flooding came just a few months after the previous flood left the town picking up the pieces. McCaysville Police Chief Michael Otis Earley said they had just reopened some of its businesses and government buildings last week.McCaysville resident Billy Paschall said he spent hours trapped on his porch as floodwater rose around his home on Tennessee Avenue."It's been terrible, man, I lost everything," Paschall said.CBS News Atlanta met Paschall on Thursday at an American Red Cross shelter in Blue Ridge. He said he has lived along the Toccoa River for 10 years. said flash flood warnings are common in the area, so he wasn't initially worried. That changed when McCaysville police knocked on his door and told him to pack