Nearly a month after Hurricane Helene ripped through south and east Georgia, the Federal Emergency Management Agency says it's distributed some $159 million in disaster assistance to hundreds of thousands of people.
A federal judge won't order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November's elections in the presidential battleground state. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross came after a hearing Thursday.
For the week ending Oct. 4, the senators continued to visit Georgia communities affected by Hurricane Helene and push Congress and federal government agencies to deliver support for those communities.
With just under five weeks until the presidential election, the Harris-Walz campaign is ramping up efforts in Georgia. Vice President Kamala Harris visited Augusta this week to assess damage from Hurricane Helene, balancing storm recovery with campaign demands. The campaign is also looking into concerns over potential voting disruptions caused by the hurricane.
President Joe Biden visited South Georgia on Thursday to assess storm damage from Hurricane Helene firsthand. GPB’s Sarah Kallis reports from Berrien County.
The pace of recovery from Hurricane Helene in Georgia is only beginning to match human need in places like Valdosta and, as GPB’s Grant Blankenship reports, in Augusta.
In the week ending Sept. 29, the senators visited communities affected by the hurricane, worked on requesting the Department of Justice look into the safety of prison staffers in federal prisons, proving infrastructure upgrades and job creation to Laurens County, honoring families of fallen service members, and improving services for violent crime victims.
More than 600,000 people were still without power Sunday morning in Georgia, a couple days after Hurricane Helene swept through the state, causing more than a dozen deaths and extensive damage, according to state officials.
