President Joe Biden will travel to Georgia on Thursday, continuing his survey of areas ravaged by Hurricane Helene.
The trip comes one day after Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Augusta, where she visited an emergency operation center and residential areas with downed power lines. Biden on Wednesday toured storm-battered neighborhoods near Asheville, North Carolina, and received a briefing from emergency management officials in Raleigh.
The White House has not provided details about Biden’s visit to Georgia. But beyond Augusta, the hardest-hit areas of the state is near Valdosta.
So far, 41 counties across Georgia have been approved as major disaster areas. That frees up federal resources and makes residents and business owners eligible for emergency grants and other relief programs.
Gov. Brian Kemp and members of Georgia’s congressional delegation continue to lobby the federal government to add more counties to the list.
Helene made landfall near Florida but carved a path through Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and the Carolinas with damaging winds and flooding rains. The death count currently tops 130, 25 of which were reported in Georgia.
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