Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a statewide emergency ahead of Hurricane Isaias, allowing state agencies to position resources and prepare for the storm.
Heavy rain could reach western Georgia overnight Friday and continue into Saturday, bringing possible flooding and tornadoes. Wind gusts could reach 40 to 50 mph. The hurricane was expected to make landfall between the Mississippi coast and the western Florida panhandle late Friday or early Saturday.
The State Operations Center was set for full activation at 1 p.m. Friday. Emergency managers authorized the call-up of up to 500 Georgia National Guard troops if conditions worsened. A separate emergency declaration had suspended the state gas tax and truck weight limits.
The American Red Cross sent shelter supplies from Union City toward Alabama. Georgia Power prepared personnel and materials for possible outages, while Verizon deployed emergency communications trucks from Alpharetta.
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