Debris at Georgia Southern University's Armstrong campus in Savannah after Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.
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Debris at Georgia Southern University's Armstrong campus in Savannah after Hurricane Helene on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.

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President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for 44 hard-hit Georgia counties following Hurricane Helene.

The US Justice Department says Georgia’s prison system is quote "deliberately indifferent" to violence among the people in its care.

A chemical plant fire east of Atlanta is still causing trouble two-days later.  Suburban residents were again told to shelter in place.