As of Tuesday morning, Hurricane Milton was just over 500 miles southwest of Tampa, Fla, and expected to make landfall late Wednesday night.

On Tuesday in Macon, families made their way to the center of the state — and hoped the best for the Florida communities they left behind. 

The National Hurricane Center predicts the storm surge could get as high as 15 feet in some places, and rainfall totals could reach 18 inches.

In Coffee County, hard-hit by Hurricane Helene, many of the donated goods and supplies are coming through one local church.

Rumors, misinformation and lies about the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene have run rampant since the storm made landfall, especially around FEMA funding.

State officials say Milton could be one of the largest storm evacuations from Florida since Irma in 2017. What do Floridians leaving the state and coming our way need to know? 

Debris and saturated ground from Hurricane Helene could make Georgia more vulnerable to Milton.

Milton grew quickly into a Category 5 storm Monday morning and is forecast to make landfall in Florida midweek. The state could see its largest evacuation orders since 2017.

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.

Hurricane Milton is expected to reach maximum wind speeds of 145 miles per hour. The National Hurricane Center urged Florida residents to complete storm preparations and seek safety before Wednesday.

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.

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

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.  

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.