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The city of Augusta is still recovering from Hurricane Helene a year later.
Helene hit East Georgia as a tropical storm with hurricane-force gusts of wind on Sept. 27, 2024, causing substantial damage along its path from the Gulf and up through South Georgia. For weeks, thousands of homes and businesses were out of power. People traveled on foot to get things like food, water and batteries, and cars lined up at gas pumps across the region.
Today, some Augusta neighborhoods homes still have tarps instead of roofs…