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News Articles: Storms

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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Climate scientists predict above average hurricane season in 2025

Forecasts show numbers are likely to be higher than average, but still below the record-high storm predictions in 2024.

May 12, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
A flooded home is seen from the banks of the Ohio River on Saturday in Louisville, Ky.

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  • Weather

At least 16 dead in flooding and tornadoes as storms slash from Texas to Ohio

Another round of torrential rain and flash flooding was coming for parts of the South and Midwest. Areas are already waterlogged by days of severe storms that also spawned some deadly tornadoes.

April 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The severe threat is expected to develop eastward into parts of Georgia and the southern Appalachians by mid to late Saturday evening, with a severe threat continuing overnight.

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  • Weather

Storm alert for North and Central Georgia this weekend: Strong tornadoes, wind, hail possible

The National Weather Service and NOAA have issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for North and Central Georgia through the weekend.

March 14, 2025
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland and
  • GPB News Staff
This satellite image from NOAA shows a March megastorm building across the United States on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

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  • Weather

Big March storm system threatens U.S. with tornadoes, blizzards and wildfire risk

A storm system crossing the U.S. threatens to unleash tornadoes Friday in the Mississippi Valley, blizzards in the northern Plains and dry conditions in Texas and Oklahoma that pose a wildfire risk.

March 14, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
This graphic by the National Weather Service shows forecasted weather conditions across the U.S. for Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

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  • Weather

Severe weather and critical fire risk, ranked 'multi-hazard,' expected nationwide

A spring storm is bringing various weather conditions across the U.S. Some regions are facing snow, possible tornadoes, and critical fire conditions, according to the National Weather Service.

March 04, 2025
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  • Chandelis Duster
Floodwaters surround a structure Friday, Sept 27, 2024, in Atlanta.

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  • Weather

'Severe Weather Preparedness Week' in Georgia is back. Here's what you need to know

Every day through Feb. 7, two federal and state agencies will focus on a specific step you can take to prepare for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and more.

February 05, 2025
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  • Devon Zwald and
  • GPB News Staff
Snow and freezing temperatures are shown across Georgia on Jan. 21, 2025.

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  • Weather

UPDATES: Statewide winter storm brings snow, dangerous travel conditions

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City is warning Georgians to stay off roads across large portions of the state. 2 to 6 inches of snow is expected to fall in the Southwest region of the state, with 0 to 1 inch or more in Atlanta and suburbs. 

January 21, 2025
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  • GPB News Staff
When the power outages stretch out for days, incidents of gastrointestinal illnesses often rise, along with other health issues.

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  • Health

When the power goes out, health risks rise

From California to the South, tens of thousands of people are without power, due to fires and winter storms. Studies show health risks rise when the power goes out. Here's how to protect yourself.

January 11, 2025
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  • Maria Godoy
A truck is jackknifed as another spins its wheels on a slushy offramp off Interstate 285 northeast of downtown in Atlanta on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.

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  • Weather

UPDATES: Snow blankets North Georgia with frigid temps and hazardous road conditions

According to the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, below-normal temperatures are expected throughout the weekend, warming up by Monday, Jan. 13. Rain, snow, freezing rain and ice are expected across Georgia through Jan. 11, which could impact travel.

January 10, 2025
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  • Devon Zwald
Snow fell across northern Texas, including in Plano, Texas, Thursday as a major winter storm began moving across the southern U.S.

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  • National

Winter Storm Cora brings cold and snow to the Southern U.S.

A major winter storm is expected to be the biggest in years as cold air moves in from the Arctic bringing snow and frigid temperatures across 20 Southern States.

January 09, 2025
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  • Nate Perez
Ana Garcia, a farm worker who lives in South Gerogia, stands in her dining room, newly sheet rocked by her husband in the days after Hurricane Helene. Many farm workers live in trailers or housing that's not fit to weather natural disasters, but because of their legal status, they cannot access help.

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Georgia farm workers feel the burden of disaster recovery

It will take years before farms hit hard by Hurricane Helene can recover. That devastation extends to communities of immigrant farm workers, who have largely been left out of storm relief programs. 

December 18, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
A mother with an infant on her shoulder tries to view a screen showing the three stages of a storm lifecycle during training to become a National Weather Service trained weather spotter.

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  • Weather

Weather pros want your help to spot storms

The National Weather Service still has a few sessions left this year for training citizens to help inform their communities during severe weather. 

October 28, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Aleah Martin, 8, right, and her cousin Riley Boyd, 12, play in the crown of a pecan tree blown down by Hurricane Helene in Aleah’s yard in Dublin, Ga.

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  • Mental Health

Hurricane survivors continue to struggle with anxiety, fear, anger amidst storm season

The Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA is still connecting people in Valdosta to behavioral health crisis services. 

October 21, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A FloodVision rendering of a 1% annual chance flood in 2050 at the World War II Home Front Museum on St. Simons Island.

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  • Climate

PHOTOS: Can these images predict Coastal Georgia flooding risks for 2050 and beyond?

“Google Street View, but for coastal flooding” is how one researcher described the tool.

October 18, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
A woman walks along a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton in Osprey, Florida. The hurricane made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in the Siesta Key area.

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  • Weather

Photos: Hurricane Milton brings devastation across Florida

High winds from Hurricane Milton tore off the fiberglass roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, home of the Tampa Bay Rays.

October 10, 2024
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  • Mhari Shaw and
  • Korva Coleman
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