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Article: RESIDENTS URGED TO PREPARE AS TROPICAL STORM FAY APPROACHES SOUTH GEORGIA
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 20, 2008
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The Georgia Office of Homeland Security issued the following news release:
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) encourages residents of south Georgia to prepare now in anticipation of heavy rain and possible localized flooding from Tropical Storm Fay.
At 2 p.m., Fay was stationary north of Cape Canaveral, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour. The storm is expected to produce rainfall accumulations of 3-6 inches and possibly more in isolated areas over southeastern Georgia as it moves northwest across the Florida Panhandle.
"Whether you're along Georgia's coast or inland, it is critical to heed local warnings and take preparedness steps now," says GEMA ...