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Oct. 8, 2024 Augusta Chronicle Hundreds of complaints allege price gouging in Georgia as hurricane order is set to expire Matthew Dolan reports, there have been alarming, but largely unsubstantiated reports on social media and beyond about widespread price gouging…

Oct. 7, 2024 Augusta Chronicle, Detroit Free Press Profit on the ground: How Hurricane Helene is still robbing Georgia farmers Matthew Dolan reports, walk a cotton field these days and puffs of the white material − soaked by rain and…

Oct. 4, 2024 Georgia Recorder Kemp says state’s Helene death toll now 33 as Biden tours storm’s south Georgia devastation Stanley Dunlap reports that the number of confirmed deaths caused by the swath of destruction Helene left in Georgia has…

Oct. 3, 2024 Savannah Morning News Biden to visit Georgia, Florida on Thursday to tour Helene damage, White House says Katie Landeck reports that President Joe Biden is coming to Georgia and Florida on Thursday, the White House announced Wednesday.…

Oct. 2, 2024 WSB TV, WSB Radio Gov. Kemp suspends gas tax following Hurricane Helene Staff reports that Gov. Brian Kemp has issued an executive order suspending the state’s gas tax following Hurricane Helene. In the order, it says that…

Oct. 1, 2024 WSB Radio, WSB TV Rockdale County chemical plant fire: New shelter-in-place warning issued for gas cloud banking down Staff reports that Rockdale County is asking residents once again to shelter-in-place due to a plume banking down in…

Sept. 30, 2024 WSB Radio, WSB TV Rockdale County Chemical Fire: I-20 closed, 17,000 in evacuation zone, residents to shelter in place Staff reports that evacuations remain underway after a fire broke out at a Rockdale County chemical plant. Local…

Sept. 27, 2024 Georgia Recorder Georgia’s state officials, farmers brace for damage from fury of Hurricane Helene Jill Nolin, Ross Williams and Stanley Dunlap report, what remains of Hurricane Helene is expected to leave Georgia by midday Friday, likely leaving…

Sept. 26, 2024 Georgia Recorder State officials warn Hurricane Helene threatens impacts across all 159 Georgia counties Jill Nolin reports, a hurricane warning has been issued as far inland as Macon as Hurricane Helene threatens the entire state of Georgia,…

Sept. 25, 2024 WSB Radio Tropical Storm Helene: Gov. Brian Kemp issues State of Emergency Staff reports that the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency discussed how the state is preparing for Tropical Storm Helene. GEMA Director Chris Stallings…