<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3F3wQp_0vm7uJod00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3F3wQp_0vm7uJod00" width="512" height="340" ><figcaption>Waves crash against the shoreline ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Helene in Cedar Key, Florida Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo</figcaption></figure>ATLANTA, Ga. (WFXG) - Georgia has gotten a federal emergency declaration due to Hurricane Helene.On Wednesday, Governor Brian Kemp requested a pre-landfall emergency declaration in advance of the storm, and the White House issued the declaration on Thursday.According to a release, this declaration provides direct federal assistance to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions that result from Helene.Several counties are eligible for public assistance emergency protective measures, which include direct federal assistance at 75 percent federal funding.They are: Atkinson, Baker, Banks, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Dawson, Decatur, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Fannin, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Grady, Habersham, Hall, Irwin, Jackson, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Lumpkin, Macon, Miller, Mitchell, Pickens, Pulaski, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Schley, Seminole, Stephens, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Towns, Turner, Union, Webster, White, Wilcox, and Worth.Public assistance emergency protective measures limited to direct federal assistance and reimbursement for mass care (such as support for evacuation shelters) will also be provided at 75 percent federal funding for the following counties: Appling, Bacon, Baldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Burke, Butts, Camden, Carroll, Catoosa, Charlton, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, Crawford, Dade, DeKalb, Dodge, Douglas, Elbert, Emanuel, Fayette, Floyd, Fulton, Glascock, Glynn, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Houston, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Laurens, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, McDuffie, Meriwether, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Peach, Pierce, Pike, Polk, Putnam, Richmond, Rockdale, Screven, Spalding, Talbot, Taliaferro, Taylor, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Troup, Twiggs, Upson, Walker, Walton, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wheeler, Whitfield, Wilkes, and Wilkinson.The declaration also authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide public assistance emergency protective measures, limited to direct federal assistance at 75 percent federal funding for the counties of Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh and Tattnall.</div></body>

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Federal disaster declaration for Georgia

ATLANTA, Ga. (WFXG) - Georgia has gotten a federal emergency declaration due to Hurricane Helene. On Wednesday, Governor Brian Kemp requested a pre-landfall emergency declaration in advance of the storm, and the White House issued the declaration on Thursday. According to a release, this declaration provides direct federal assistance to...

Federal disaster declaration for Georgia

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