DYER COUNTY, Tenn. — First responders have been going by boat in Bogota, Tennessee since Monday to rescue more than 100 people from flooding from severe weather.

The command post for this operation is at Springhill Baptist Church on Highway 78, the town of Bogota is about four or five miles north where evacuations have been occurring.

The Bogota Fire Department took pictures of flood water moving into Bogota east of Highway 78 within hours crossing the highway and prompting mandatory evacuation and rescue operations.

“The floor was caving in on a house, so we put our boat back in the water and went to that house retrieved that gentleman and his dog,” said Assistant Chief Hunter Long, Bogota Fire Department.

WREG was told 120 families have been impacted by the event from a combination of backwater from the Obion and Mississippi Rivers.

“It has never gotten across the road like it has this time in more than 30 years I’ve lived in Bogota,” said resident of Bogota Larry Wiggins.

“I’m the first one that gets flooded ’cause my house is the lowest one in Bogota, and the water will actually come up in my yard and then everybody will look and say, ‘it’s time to prepare for a flood Larry’s getting flooded,” said Wiggins.

First responders from Dyer, Tipton, and Madison counties with water rescue teams worked throughout Monday night and into Tuesday.

“Going through and checking all the houses, making sure everybody was out that wanted to be out and evacuating those that needed to get out,” said Chief of Special Operations Eric Turner, Madison County Fire Dept.

There were no injuries reported on Tuesday after numerous rescues. The Red Cross has set up a shelter for people evacuating at First United Methodist Church in Downtown Dyersburg.