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Helene’s destruction stretched beyond Lowndes County and resulted in 17 storm-related deaths, officials said at a news conference Saturday. “From a statewide perspective, this storm spared no ...
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said at a news conference Friday that 11 people were killed during the storm, including a first responder. "One of our finest lost his life trying to save others," Kemp said.
From reporter Miguel Legoas: According to USA Today's live "OFF THE GRID" tracker, Georgia has seen 15,323 outages within the last 72 hours as of 9:15 a.m. Currently the county with the highest ...
- A tornado watch in Macon-Bibb County was no longer in effect as of about 4:45 a.m., the National Weather Service announced. The watch had been in effect since Thursday afternoon. The watch had ...
Georgia was severely impacted by Hurricane Helene during late September 2024, causing over 34 reported deaths and significant rainfall across the state. After making landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida on September 27, the hurricane began to traverse over land across Georgia as a Category 2 hurricane prior to tracking into the Appalachian mountain range as a tropical storm.
While middle Georgia was not hit head on as initially predicted, officials in the region are still working to clear damage from the storm.
Tree damage from a tornado spawned by Tropical Storm Bill in Morgan County. Tropical Storm Bill (2003) – The storm produced moderate rainfall in northwestern Georgia, which peaked at 7.1 inches (180 mm) in Monroe. Precipitation caused flooding in numerous locations around the Atlanta metropolitan area, leaving some roads impassable or closed.
Data from the Environmental Working Group shows that Southeast Georgia has been hit hard by other extreme weather events like drought, making crop insurance payments upwards of a billion dollars ...