Smoke from wildfires burning in southern Georgia is drifting into the Augusta area and surrounding communities, the National Weather Service said Thursday.
What’s happening: Satellite imagery captured Thursday morning shows smoke from multiple wildfires spreading across the Southeast. The Pineland Road Fire, located in southern Georgia, is identified as one of the sources. The thin white haze visible across the region in the satellite image is wildfire smoke.
What’s important: The National Weather Service office in Columbia, South Carolina, said the smoke is continuing to move into the CSRA, the Central Savannah River Area, which includes Augusta and surrounding counties along the Georgia-South Carolina border…