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Hurricane Helene live updates from Augusta: Columbia, Aiken counties instate curfew
Nearly 225,000 Augustans are without power after Hurricane Helene barreled through the area Friday morning. The Category 4 storm made landfall Thursday night along Florida's Big Bend coast. Helene brought tropical storm-force wind to the Augusta area (30-40 mph winds with 65 mph gusts). While the National Weather Service noted there was potential for...
Atlanta Gas Light tracking more than 400 gas leaks across Georgia, 80% in Augusta area
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – According to a spokesperson for Atlanta Gas Light, they are currently tracking more than 400 gas leaks across the state of Georgia. Of those hundreds of gas leaks, more than 80% of them are located in the Augusta area and are due to exposed gas lines that were broken by trees […]
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