Washed away: Tennessee Valley cleans up after severe weather (video, slideshow)

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By Hannah Smith October 15, 2014 4 min read

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Grant funds work on Dayton, Tenn., greenway

The bridge is seen in Swinging Bridge Park on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Dayton, Tenn. The city was awarded a $348,477 grant from TDOT to fund phase 2 of a greenway system that would connect Point Park to downtown Dayton along Richland Creek.

Destiny Johnson pushes her daughter Maliyah on a swing set at Swinging Bridge Park on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Dayton, Tenn. The city was awarded a $348,477 grant from TDOT to fund phase 2 of a greenway system that would connect Point Park to downtown Dayton along Richland Creek.

Kim Filyaw, right, and Stefani Newsom walk on a path in Swinging Bridge Park on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Dayton, Tenn. The city was awarded a $348,477 grant from TDOT to fund phase 2 of a greenway system that would connect Point Park to downtown Dayton along Richland Creek.

Kim Filyaw, left, and Stefani Newsom walk on a path in Swinging Bridge Park on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Dayton, Tenn. The city was awarded a $348,477 grant from TDOT to fund phase 2 of a greenway system that would connect Point Park to downtown Dayton along Richland Creek.

Destiny Johnson and her daughter Maliyah look for fish in the stream as they cross the bridge in Swinging Bridge Park on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Dayton, Tenn. The city was awarded a $348,477 grant from TDOT to fund phase 2 of a greenway system that would connect Point Park to downtown Dayton along Richland Creek.

A tree pokes through water at Point Park on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Dayton, Tenn. The city was awarded a $348,477 grant from TDOT to fund phase 2 of a greenway system that would connect Point Park to downtown Dayton along Richland Creek.

Geese sit near the water at Point Park on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Dayton, Tenn. The city was awarded a $348,477 grant from TDOT to fund phase 2 of a greenway system that would connect Point Park to downtown Dayton along Richland Creek.

Destiny Johnson and her daughter Maliyah walk through Swinging Bridge Park on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Dayton, Tenn. The city was awarded a $348,477 grant from TDOT to fund phase 2 of a greenway system that would connect Point Park to downtown Dayton along Richland Creek.

Rain totalsRain totals (as of Tuesday morning):• Chattanooga: 2 inches• Red Bank: 2.8 inches• Brainerd area: 1.76 inches• Signal Mountain area: 2.9 inches• Marion County: 2 inches• Dade County: 3/4 inch• Chatooga County: 1.19 inches• Walker County: 1.07 inchesSource: National Weather Service

Tennessee Department of Transportation employees work to clear Ochs Highway after overnight rains caused a mudslide blocking the Lookout Mountain road early Tuesday morning.

Site of mudslide that closed Ochs Highway on Lookout Mountain.

Rain pummeled Chattanooga and surrounding areas Tuesday, resulting in power outages, accidents and a mudslide that closed Ochs Highway on Lookout Mountain, but the region escaped the widespread damage in Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama.

Monday and Tuesday, Chattanooga measured between 2 and 3 inches of rain, said Derek Eisentrout, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Morristown, Tenn. He said higher amounts were seen near Signal Mountain, Red Bank and eastern counties in the foothills.

A section of Interstate 24 near exit 175, west of Chattanooga, was closed part of the day becasue of flooding in both the east- and westbound lanes. Traffic was diverted to other roads.

North Georgia saw less rain than initially predicted. Carly Kovacik, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Ga., said as of 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dade and Walker counties had seen only around an inch. Counties farther east, such as Murray and Whitfield, saw closer to 2 or 3 inches. But Kovacik said that rain slowed greatly during the day Tuesday, with about a 10th of an inch accumulating.