In Buckhead and other northern Atlanta neighborhoods, a swollen Peachtree Creek, a 7.5-mile waterway that flows into the Chattahoochee River, helped fuel the flooding in some apartments and houses that forced some residents to flee, wading through the streets.

New Jersey’s own Bob Van Dillen, a meteorologist with Fox Weather, rescued a woman in Atlanta Friday morning as her car was swallowed by flood waters after Hurricane Helene came ashore.

A hero Fox Weather meteorologist found himself at the center of his own story early Friday when he rescued a woman trapped in her car on live TV during Hurricane Helene. Bob Van Dillen was covering the deteriorating conditions around Atlanta — where millions of people braced for life-threatening flooding caused by Helene — when he heard a motorist crying out for help as the waters in Peachtree Creek continued to rise.

City officials shared clips of boats slammed into homes and a residence burning amid the floodwaters as they conducted water rescue operations.

FOX Weather meteorologist Bob Van Dillen is being praised as a hero after rescuing a woman from her car during a live shot as Hurricane Helene floodwaters rapidly rose.

Hurricane Helene is one of the biggest ever storms to hit the US Gulf Coast, with wind gust speeds of 140 mph (225 km/h). Florida's Lee County Sheriff's office shared footage of its rescue efforts, as flooding trapped some residents in their homes and vehicles.