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Friday, May 30, 2008

Perdue requests federal disaster declaration

Governor Sonny Perdue has asked President George Bush to declare north Georgia county a federal disaster area.People in Cherokee county are recovering from the May 20th severe thunderstorms and a tornado.The declaration gives storm victims and the county access to federal aid This week the President declared 42 other storm-damaged counties in Georgia federal disaster areas.

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