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Wintry weather set to blast south Georgia. Snow, ice forecast to make impact | Live Updates
Video: Watch the snow fall in Navarre during the winter storm of 2025
Northwest Florida Daily News reporter Collin Bestor took this video outside his home in Navarre as the snow continued falling Tuesday.
Savannah and the surrounding area are under a Winter Storm Warning beginning at 5 p.m. and last until Noon on Wednesday.
Two inches of snow or more could fall in the area with another inch or two of sleet expected to mix into the storm as it it passes through.
Snow showers are expected to begin around 6 p.m. with a wintry mix beginning later in the evening. Snow, sleet and a wintry mix are expected until around 5 a.m. Wednesday.
Heavy snow, even blizzard conditions, have swept through Louisiana and Mississippi throughout Tuesday.
Stay tuned here for live updates as Winter Storm Enzo takes hold of the South.
Savannah radar. Follow the winter storm
Senior Director of Marketing and Air Service Development Lori Lynah said about 22 or 23 arriving flights have been canceled at the Savannah/Hilton Head Airport for Tuesday while another 4 to 5 departing flights have been canceled. She said future cancelations for Wednesday will be determined depending on the type of precipitation and amount that could possibly accumulate over night.
She advised that air travelers scheduled to head into or out of Savannah/Hilton Head over the next three days contact their air carriers for the latest information on flight statuses.
— Joseph Schwartzburt, Savannah Morning News
Change in Savannah trash collection
With a Monday holiday and an incoming winter storm, the city of Savannah’s sanitation services are on an altered schedule.
Residential garbage collection, recycling and yard collection services were on a one-day delay due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday on Monday, and now services (including street sweeping) will be halted on Wednesday.
Shelters, school closings in Effingham County
Local officials in Effingham County are bracing for a winter storm that is slated to bring freezing temperatures and snow to Southeast Georgia.
Wednesday school closings in Bryan, Effingham counties
School administrators in Bryan County and Effingham County are taking extra precaution to protect students and staff as a winter storm is expected to make landfall Tuesday afternoon.
State of Emergency in Savannah
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Chatham County through Noon, on Wednesday, Jan. 22. From Tuesday night through possibly Thursday morning, the service is calling for a mix of snow and freezing rain in the Savannah area, which has impacted operations at local schools, companies and institutions across Chatham County.
Read a roundup of the impacts from closings to remote learning shifts.
Savannah prepares for winter storm
Chatham County leaders and officials gathered in downtown Savannah to discuss the incoming winter weather that has already started chilling Coastal Georgia and surrounding areas.
Chatham County and Southeast Georgia are currently under a cold weather advisory, and the winter storm watch has been upgraded to a winter storm warning as of this afternoon. The National Weather Service is forecasting the accumulation of snow, or freezing rain in the area starting in the afternoon Tuesday and ending Wednesday morning.
Historic pictures of snow in Savannah
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Man accused of raping University of Georgia student, police say
ATHENS, Ga. – A 19-year-old is facing assault-related charges after police said he raped a University of Georgia student early Saturday morning while she was walking home.
What we know:
Tydarius Wingfield of Athens allegedly approached the student in the area of 400 North Thomas Street just before 1:40 a.m. and asked to walk her home.
Wingfield and the victim did not know each other.
Wingfield then forced the woman behind a building where he sexually assaulted her, police said.
Investigators used the Real Time Crime Center’s camera system to see where the assault happened and track the victim and Wingfield’s movements. Officers continued tracking Wingfield until his arrest and positively identified him using the RTCC technology.
He is charged with rape, kidnapping, aggravated sexual battery and battery.
An investigation is ongoing.
What we don’t know:
It is unclear whether the victim was taken to the hospital after being attacked.
What you can do:
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact Detective Burgamy at Charles.Burgamy@accgov.com or 762-400-7173.
The Source: Information in this report comes from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.
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Georgia’s Iranian community reacts to death of Ayatollah Khamenei
ATLANTA – As conflict intensifies between the United States, Israel and Iran, reactions are pouring in across the Atlanta metro area after President Donald Trump confirmed the death of Iran’s supreme leader.
The president confirmed on Truth Social that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a joint strike led by the U.S. and Israel.
What they’re saying:
“I have been waiting to hear this news for the last 20 years,” said Dr. Sasan Tavassoli, an Atlanta-based pastor born in Iran.
“Ayatollah Khamenei has been responsible for the killing of tens of thousands of Iranians over the last three decades. He has been a very evil dictator and a very oppressive tyrant.”
Other local Iranians, like Shohreh Mir, expressed a long-standing desire for internal change rather than outside intervention.
“This was an imposed war,” Mir said. “We still very much would like for Iranian people to change the regime by themselves.”
What’s next:
Tavassoli said the Ayatollah’s death now creates a new issue.
“Ayatollah Khamenei never invested in raising a succession after himself,” he said, “so the crisis of the Iranian revolution and the Iranian regime is there is no legitimate successor.”
While the long-term duration of the conflict remains unknown, Iran has already begun launching retaliatory strikes following the attack.
“This is a huge development for day one, but the war is not over,” Tavassoli noted. “There are still many ways that things can become even more bloody and destructive in the coming days and weeks.”
The Source: Information in this article came from FOX 5’s Rey Llerena speaking with Iranian Americans across Georgia.
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Body found near Georgia Power dam on Radium Springs Road in Albany
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) – A person was found dead in the 5200 block of Radium Springs Road on Saturday morning, according to Dougherty County Coroner Michael Fowler.
Fowler said the call came in as a water rescue. The body was recovered early Saturday, Feb. 28.
The coroner confirmed the person found was male. His identity and age remain unknown.
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