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GPB evening headlines for October 4, 2024

It's not over.  That's the message coming from Georgians in areas from Valdosta to Augusta still recovering from Hurricane Helene.

President Joe Biden visited a pecan farm in Barrien County where trees lay uprooted in an orchard after they were hit by the storm.

Former President Donald Trump and Governor Brian Kemp are putting their detente on public display in Helene-damaged Augusta.

October 04, 2024
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President Joe Biden speaks at Shiloh Pecan Farm as property manager Buck Paulk looks on in Ray City, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, as part of Biden's trip to see areas impacted by Hurricane Helene.

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GPB Morning Headlines for October 4, 2024

President Joe Biden visited South Georgia Thursday to assess storm damage from Hurricane Helene in Berrien County.

Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Brian Kemp will tour east Georgia Friday to survey damage, holding a joint news conference in Evans, a suburb of Augusta.

A new report from the American Cancer Society finds while breast cancer mortality rates have gone down, disparities remain.

October 04, 2024
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Shaday Collins balances bottled water on her head for a miles long walk back home from one of the Augusta distribution sites.

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GPB evening headlines for October 3, 2024

Governor Brian Kemp says the number of deaths from Hurricane Helene in Georgia is now 33, many from trees that fell on homes.

Georgia Power says power has been restored to 90% of customers who lost it during Helene.  But much work remains to be done.

Some Atlanta community groups are calling for the immediate shut-down of a chlorine production plant that caught fire in Conyers.

 

October 03, 2024
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New initiative aims to change conversation about unsheltered people in Brunswick

The founders of Under One Roof are raising millions of dollars to help the "acutely" homeless.

October 03, 2024
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Augusta firefighters and other volunteers hand out water and ice Monday morning on the second full day without running water.

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GPB morning headlines for October 3, 2024

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. 

October 03, 2024
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Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated and others told to shelter in place after a fire at a chemical plant.

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GPB evening headlines for October 2, 2024

The Georgia Poison Control Center has set up a hotline for anyone with questions about a chemical fire in Conyers, east of Atlanta.

Relief efforts continue in Georgia as power and water outages paralyze Augusta and other areas hardest hit by Hurricane Helene.

Last night, presidential running mates, Ohio Senator JD Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz faced off in a televised debate.

October 02, 2024
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Neighbors Tyrone Allen, left, and Jared Middleton work together to clear a downed pecan tree from in front of Middleton’s home in Dublin, Ga. Hurricane Helene was likely still a category 1 hurricane when its eye passed over Dublin some 240 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico.

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GPB morning headlines for October 2, 2024

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.

October 02, 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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GPB evening headlines for October 1, 2024

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.

October 01, 2024
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Augusta firefighters and other volunteers hand out water and ice Monday morning on the second full day without running water.

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GPB morning headlines for Oct. 1, 2024

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.

October 01, 2024
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Augusta firefighters and other volunteers hand out water and ice Monday morning on the second full day without running water.

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GPB evening headlines for September 30, 2024

Georgia Power and Georgia EMC's say more than a half million of their electric customers remained without power this afternoon.

The pace of recovery from Hurricane Helene in Georgia is only beginning to match the human need in hard-hit areas like Valdosta.

Former president Donald Trump visited Valdosta today to see the damage done by Hurricane Helene and talk about relief efforts.

September 30, 2024
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A vehicle is submerged outside a home near Peachtree Creek in Atlanta Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.

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GPB evening headlines for September 27, 2024

Georgians are assessing the damage and beginning what promises to be a long clean up process from Hurricane Helene.

The storm blitzed through the state overnight with hurricane force winds after hitting Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm.

Officials say 11 people died in Georgia.  The hardest-hit areas were in the southeast.  Valdosta's mayor reported "utter devastation."

September 27, 2024
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GPB evening headlines for September 26, 2024

Georgians are preparing for dangerous floods, life-threatening winds and other hazards as Hurricane Helene moves toward landfall.

People lined up for sandbags to protect homes and businesses from rising waters. The worst flooding is expected in north Georgia.

The Red Cross and Georgia Emergency Management Agency have dozens of emergency shelters open, mostly in south Georgia.

September 26, 2024
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Out of state utility trucks are parked and waiting to be deployed in Macon ahead of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 26, 2024.

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GPB morning headlines for Sept. 26, 2024

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.

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GPB evening headlines for September 25, 2024

Helene has strengthened into a hurricane as forecasters warn of dangers from an intensifying storm that will impact the entire state.

Hurricane strength winds are now possible as far north as Macon. In north Georgia, officials are preparing for catastrophic flooding.

Impacts are expected to start Thursday night into Friday morning. Farmers are working to protect valuable cotton and peanut crops

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GPB morning headlines for September 25, 2024

Tropical Storm Helene is expected to become a major hurricane.

South Georgia farmers are preparing for heavy winds and rain as Tropical Storm Helene makes its way towards the state. 

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