Gov. Brian Kemp and other lawmakers wanted FEMA to swiftly declare roughly 90 counties a disaster. The agency initially declared 11 counties a federal disaster.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended federal assistance to residents in 30 additional Georgia counties following the impact of Hurricane Helene.
Desperate residents of the storm-battered mountains of western North Carolina lined up for water and food, hunted for cellphone signals and slogged buckets from creeks to flush toilets days after Hurr ...