ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Gov. Brian Kemp once again extended the state of emergency in Georgia after Hurricane Helene ripped through the state in late September.
The governor extended the state of emergency for Georgia counties hit hardest by the storm.
Those counties are:
Appling
Atkinson
Bacon
Baldwin
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bleckley
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Camden
Candler
Charlton
Chatham
Clinch
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia
Cook
Echols
Effingham
Elbert
Emanual
Evans
Glascock
Glynn
Hancock
Irwin
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson
Lanier
Laurens
Liberty
Lincoln
Long
Lowndes
Madison
McDuffie
McIntosh
Montgomery
Newton
Pierce
Putnam
Rabun
Richmond
Screven
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Telfair
Tift
Toombs
Treutlen
Turner
Ware
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Wheeler
Wilkes
Wilkinson
Worth
The state of emergency will expire on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 11:59 p.m. Before the extension, it was set to expire on Wednesday.
After coming ashore in Florida as a major hurricane on Sept. 26, Helene hit Georgia, leaving damage and power outages across the state as it barreled toward the Carolinas.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declared a major disaster for several Georgia counties after Helene moved through the state.
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