LOWNDES COUNTY, Ga. — Just over 24 hours after the worst of Helene turned through Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp will provide an update on the storm's aftermath.
He and First Lady Marty Kemp will spend Saturday morning touring the damage in Valdosta, one of Georgia's hardest-hit cities.
Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane near Perry late Thursday. The town is just two hours southwest of Valdosta. Helene traveled into south Georgia, where a powerful tropical storm with near-hurricane force winds barreled into the Peach State early Friday. In his last update, the governor said 115 structures were heavily damaged in Valdosta, and people were trapped inside.
On Friday, South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta was also without power after an outage, and a tree fell on the facility's emergency generator.
After touring the damage, the governor will speak from the Lowndes County Emergency Management Center on Saturday.
The Kemps will be joined by GEMA Director Chris Stallings, Georgia National Guard General Dwayne Wilson, Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler Harper, and Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John King for the briefing. This story will be updated with new details once it happens.
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