Mar 16, 2020 | Community Information
The DPH is prepared to respond if and when a case is detected in Georgia. DPH and the CDC are readying pandemic preparedness and response plans including specific measures to prepare communities to respond to local transmission of COVID-19. Symptoms of COVID-19 may...
Mar 3, 2020 | Community Information
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (COVID-19) first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in December 2019, and regularly coordinating with the Centers for...
May 20, 2019 | Community Information
Folkston, GA……At approximately noon on Sunday May 19, a wildfire was reported in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on the northern end of the refuge, about ½ mile east of Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross. Crews from both the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
Oct 8, 2018 | Community Information
At this time this is not an alert but more for information Tropical Storm Michael has rapidly strengthened overnight and is nearing hurricane intensity as it approaches the Yucatan channel early this morning. Hurricane watches have been posted for the Florida...
Sep 6, 2017 | Community Information
At this time this is not an alert but more for information There is a lot of talk out there and over reacting, to the point that apparently Florida is going to be hit harder than Texas with the new hurricane Irma, water levels will be higher and power will be out for...
Oct 3, 2016 | Community Information
Monday, October 03, 2016 12:46 PM Major Hurricane Matthew Briefing Situation Overview At 11 AM Monday, Major Hurricane Matthew was about 205 miles SE of Kingston, Jamaica moving north around 6 mph. Maximum sustained winds were 140 mph. As the storm tracks northward...
