Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a state of emergency ahead of Tropical Storm Helene, Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Director Chris Stallings announced Tuesday.
Tropical Storm Helene formed in the Caribbean and is expected to become at least a Category 3 hurricane with winds of at least 111 mph before making landfall in Florida Thursday evening. The storm will not be as intense as it moves through Georgia, but the Peach State is expected to get severe weather including heavy rain and potentially damaging winds, according to the National Weather Service.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with those along the coast,” Stallings said. “We want to keep them in mind. And if any of them are evacuating north, they’re certainly welcome into Georgia.”…