Gov. Brian Kemp is warning Georgians to prepare for a significant winter storm this weekend.
“Take this time to secure food, fill up on gas, and ensure you’re prepared for any potential loss of power,” he said in a social media post Wednesday.
Kemp says state agencies are communicating with federal partners and “preparing for the worst but hoping for the best.”
Gov. Brian Kemp is warning Georgians to prepare for a significant winter storm this weekend.
“Take this time to secure food, fill up on gas, and ensure you’re prepared for any potential loss of power,” he said in a social media post Wednesday.
Kemp says state agencies are communicating with federal partners and “preparing for the worst but hoping for the best.”
“Global models are painting a concerning picture of what this weekend could look like, with an increasingly strong signal for ice storm potential across North Georgia and portions of central Georgia,” according to the National Weather Service’s Atlanta office.
If significant accumulations of ice strike metro Atlanta, it could be a problem through the weekend since low temperatures early Monday are expected to be around 22 degrees in Atlanta. The city’s high temperature on Monday is forecast to be around 35 degrees.
Travel is a major concern, as Southern states have less equipment to remove snow and ice from roads, and extremely cold temperatures expected after the storm could prevent ice from melting for several days. In Michigan, more than 100 vehicles crashed into each other or slid off an interstate southwest of Grand Rapids on Monday.
The storm is also expected to impact many of the nation’s major hub airports, including those in Dallas; Atlanta; Memphis, Tennessee; and Charlotte, North Carolina.
