Georgia will have access to $28-million state and federal relief funds to help recover from March tornadoes. Today Governor Sonny Perdue announced the money for eligible people and communities in Sumter and surrounding counties in southeast Georgia. 15 counties hit by tornadoes March 1st received a Presidential Disaster Declaration. One tornado destroyed Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus. Nine people died in the storms.
Click here for a breakdown of where the aid is going, and more GPB coverage of the twisters that swept through southwest Georgia.
Click here for a breakdown of where the aid is going, and more GPB coverage of the twisters that swept through southwest Georgia.
