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“It’s going to take a lot longer. We’ve got a lot, a lot of damage,” he said. “This is like a war zone.” As of Saturday, nearly all of Lowndes County remained without power.
Flash flood emergencies were in effect for more than a dozen counties in western North Carolina, western South Carolina and northern Georgia, including the Atlanta metro area, on Friday morning.
Georgia power outages. In Georgia alone, more than a million people were without power as of about 7:30 a.m. Friday, according to USA TODAY's tracker.Chatham County had the most residents without ...
Parts of Amerson River Park are closed due to flooding from the Ocmulgee River, according to Macon-Bibb County. To report damage to the county, call 478-751-7500 so crews can respond.
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.
Local officials and relief workers have had to expend resources combatting misinformation that might otherwise have been used toward first response work. [4] FEMA and White House officials have expressed concern that survivors and others impacted by the storms may be less likely to seek relief from the agency due to the misinformation. [5]
The National Weather Service does not issue river flood warnings or statements for this creek as it does for Sope Creek and others in the area, nor did it set an official flood stage for it until after the 2005 flood. Minor flood stage is now considered to be 10 feet (3.0 m), while major flood is 16 feet (4.9 m), both at the Shallowford gauge ...
Officials continued to scramble Tuesday to restore water service in parts of a northwest Georgia county after flash flooding Sunday submerged pumps and flooded buildings. Chattooga County ...