An additional 25 counties in Georgia are now eligible for federal funding to help with cleanup after Hurricane Idalia.
Lowndes County, home to the city of Valdosta, experienced the worst damage, with estimates showing 80 homes destroyed and 835 homes sustaining major damage as winds reached nearly 70 mph .
The latest approval by the Federal Emergency Management Agency brings the number of counties now eligible for assistance to 28. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp requested aid for 30., President Joe Biden initially approved seven counties for assistance. He’s now added six more.
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