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Helene hit South Georgia in September, and faith leaders and neighbors are working to fill a long-term disaster recovery act. The Lee county sheriffs office needs your help in identifying these ...
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - Hurricane Idalia hit Valdosta especially hard. Now, almost one year later, some people still haven’t been able to return to their homes. Three trees destroyed the Thomas ...
At the moment, Idalia is located around 25 miles south of Valdosta, Georgia. An airport in that city reported sustained winds of 39 mph, with gusts of 63 mph, according to the hurricane center.
VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - After Hurricane Idalia devastated the Lowndes County and Valdosta area in 2023, city and county leaders started strategizing about ways to address flooding concerns.
Hurricane Idalia tore into Florida at the speed of ... power lines onto the northbound side of Interstate 75 just south of Valdosta, Georgia. Storm surge could rise as high as 16 feet in some ...
Hurricane Idalia strengthened to a dangerous Category ... who was topping off the gas tank on his truck in Valdosta, Georgia. His co-workers at Cunningham Tree Service were doing the same.
In Georgia, one person died and a second was seriously injured when a tree fell Wednesday afternoon in Lowndes County, the Valdosta Daily ... the devastation of Hurricane Idalia, which reached ...
Roughly 75 miles inland, near Valdosta, Helene still had sustained winds of 61 ... That was about 4.5 feet higher than the water level recorded during Hurricane Idalia two years earlier. Well to the ...
Hurricane Idalia slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast on the morning of August 30 as a Category 3 storm with wind speeds of 125 miles per hour. Major print news outlets such as The Associated Press ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis later said he and his family were fine after Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a category 3 storm Angel Saunders has been a writer at PEOPLE since 2023. She’s ...