By: Greg Lewis
Published on August 5, 2024, 11:25p.m. EST
ATLANTA— Gov. Brian Kemp is authorizing thousands of members of Georgia National Guard to prepare for possible deployment in the southern part of the states as hurricane Debby continues to grow its path across Florida.
According to Fox 5, kemp signed the new executive order on Monday morning, less than three hours after the storm made landfall.
Kemp has authorized the Georgia Department of defense to prepare up to 2,000 troopers to be used in the preparation, response and recovery efforts.
It was reported that the storm is a category 1 with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned his constituents that Debby would hit the state "as probably a Category 1, but it could be a little bit more powerful than that."
"But we are absolutely going to see a lot of rainfall. We are going to see a lot of saturation. We are going to see flooding events. That is going to happen. There is also going to be power outages," the governor also said.
"As our agency braces for potential impacts from Tropical Storm Debby, we’d like to encourage all residents and visitors to pay attention to trusted news sources, weather alerts and local officials," said GEMA/HS Dir. Chris Stallings.
Debby is the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season after Tropical Storm Alberto, Hurricane Beryl and Tropical Storm Chris, all of which formed in June.
Comments