Just under ten inches of rain fell across Craig County, leaving isolated flash flooding concerns for residents.

While people were safe, some people's property suffered costly damage. John Coats is one of them.

Woke up, looked outside, seen that my car was about half underwater," said Coats.

He described his wake-up call on Aug. 28 as a 'rude awakening.'

He lives on Sunset Dr., and said it's been a problem area for years, but this is the first time he's been seriously impacted.

"Flooding down the street and it was up in my car and the floorboards were wet, it was full of water," Coats said. "My stepsons car was flooded, it was full of water, anything in the floorboards was floating. I didnt even know it was even supposed to rain."

They're a big car family, so Coats said this loss hurt

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