Relief efforts continue in Georgia as power and water outages paralyze areas hardest hit by Hurricane Helene.
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Augusta Wednesday, touring homes damaged by Hurricane Helene and speaking to the residents who live in them.
Air quality experts say people with asthma and respiratory illnesses are more prone to health impacts following a Sunday fire at a chemical plant in Rockdale County.
President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Georgia following Hurricane Helene; a group of Atlanta attorneys is filing a class action lawsuit against the company responsible for a fire and chlorine plume; as JD Vance and Tim Walz debated policy during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, college students across Georgia held watch parties.
The pace of recovery from Hurricane Helene in Georgia is only beginning to match the human need in hard-hit communities like Valdosta and Augusta; Donald Trump visited Valdosta Monday to see the damage and talk about relief efforts; Workers at the Port of Savannah and the Port of Brunswick went on strike Tuesday morning, part of a larger walkout across the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico; and Tuesday is former President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday.
As Georgia braces for the impact of Hurricane Helene, emergency management agencies are working on a plan to prepare for the storm, which is expected to cross into Georgia later Thursday evening.