Flood waters threaten homes on North Ash Avenue (photos)

Homes of several residents of North Ash Avenue in Demopolis were threatened by last week’s flood waters. Two of the homes in these photos were completely unreachable without wading through water, while it was not known if the third home had a rear access that was accessible without getting in the flood waters.

Unlike many of the homes and camphouses across the river in Greene County, these homes are not built to withstand potential flood waters. If the river were to swell to the extent of the record flood of 1979 (an additional 10 feet), these and potentially many other homes in this neighborhood would be completely submerged.