'A lot of tragedy around here' | Laurens County looking to rebuild after damages from Hurricane Hele

Georgia Power is still working to ease widespread outage concerns following the damage many counties, including Laurens County, suffered during Hurricane Helene.

Laurens County EMA director Bill Laird said the county has six power companies assisting with restoration needs, adding their housing crews from Georgia Power along with Alabama Power and Mississippi Power.

Laird said that, while 60% of roadways are clear, some streets with broken traffic lights are being treated as stop-signs. Also, the county is making an effort to clear the streets of debris. City of Dublin Natural Gas is going around the city and disassembling uprooted trees.

"A lot of clean up. A lot of power lines down, probably one of the worst storms Middle Georgia has ever seen," Dublin Natural Gas' crew leader, Bryant McLendon, said.

He said that his team wants to help until all damage is clear and added it's been a collective effort from multiple departments and agencies.

"Everybody's communicating and tackling things that we can," McLendon said. "Just trying to get the streets clean, and a lot of people can't even get out of their house down the street because there's still trees down," McLendon said.

[BabsKaz]

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