116,000 customers currently without power throughout Georgia; Georgia Power has mobilized 4,800 personnel and crews are working around the clock towards restoration
Damage assessment marks first phase of restoration process; Hardest hit areas include Albany, Americus, Bainbridge, Macon, Valdosta and Vidalia; 175,000 without power
Gulf Power is making preparations for Hurricane Michael and encourages its customers to be prepared as well. The latest forecast projects landfall somewhere between Pensacola and Apalachicola as a category 2 or 3 hurricane Wednesday afternoon.