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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
Georgia
“Operation Southern Slow Down” returns to target speeding drivers across Georgia and Florida
Heading out on the road for a little summer vacation? Law enforcement agencies across the South have a warning: Slow down or face consequences.
The ninth annual “Operation Southern Slow Down” will run from July 13 to 19 across Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
All five states and local law enforcement agencies will be taking part in the speed enforcement and awareness campaign, which officials say is designed to prevent crashes and save lives by reminding drivers of the dangers of speeding and reckless driving.
During the time period, drivers will see more law enforcement on roads across all five Southern states.
Last year’s operation ended with nearly 53,000 citations and warnings for speeding, 2,230 for reckless driving, and over 3,000 for violating distracted driving laws. Over 1,400 drivers were arrested on DUI charges, including 501 in Georgia.
“Operation Southern Slow Down” began in 2017 in an effort to reduce crashes and save lives. Federal crash data shows that speed was a factor in one out of five fatal traffic crashes in Georgia from 2020 to 2024. A 2023 report by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety found that over half of those killed or seriously injured in multi-vehicle crashes where speed was a factor were not the speeding driver.
“Unsafe driver behaviors like speeding are a major contributor to fatalities and serious injuries on our roadways,” said Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jared W. Perdue, P.E. “Remember that your actions behind the wheel can have life-altering impacts: slow down and drive responsibly to help get everyone to their destinations safely.”
Authorities say drivers should always wear a seat belt and make sure to give others who are traveling at high speeds on the roads plenty of space.
ATLANTA – At least ten police officers across Georgia have been arrested and charged with misusing the Flock camera database for personal reasons, adding to growing privacy concerns about the technology.
The cameras, usually mounted to a black pole, record license plates and other data of whoever passes them.
Georgia police database tracking
What we know:
A series of recent arrests has exposed the misuse of Flock license-plate-reading cameras by police officers throughout the state.
In Greene County, Deputy Quin’sha Goss was fired on Tuesday and charged with misusing the system.
The recent arrests include five police officers in Albany, who were also charged earlier this week.
That’s alongside a lieutenant, a sergeant and a deputy in Cherokee County charged last month with violating their oath.
System audits flag searches
What they’re saying:
Flock Co-founder Paige Todd stated that many recent arrests resulted from departments utilizing a new audit assistance tool that automatically flags unusual searches.
“In this case where misuse happened, the technology itself was not creating the misuse. It was it was human beings,” Todd told FOX 5’s Rob DiRienzo.
Todd argued that the public safety benefits of the technology heavily outweigh individual instances of human misconduct.
Todd explained, “best way to prevent misuse is now, every member of law enforcement out there knows that this audit exists,”
Todd added that the system has successfully helped track down thousands of individuals across the country.
“We, I believe, solve about a million crimes with our technology,” she said. “10,000 missing people have gone home because of it. This feels like pretty small in comparison.”
Privacy concerns trigger pushback
The other side:
The ACLU of Georgia called the incidents a critical wakeup call regarding constitutional protections and tracking limits. Christopher Bruce of the ACLU of Georgia said, “Jeopardizing your civil rights and civil liberties is never just an unfortunate event. You have constitutional rights, especially a right to privacy. And the question is who polices the police?”
Information security analyst Peter Tran noted that the network relies heavily on automated data collection.
“It uses AI,” Tran said.
Tran said many are uneased by the logging searchable personal data into a nationwide database.
“It becomes a privacy and security issue. So, you’re whereabouts where you shopped, your name, your address,” he said.
SEE ALSO: Dunwoody sets ‘guardrails’ for Flock surveillance cameras use
The blowback has prompted dozens of U.S. communities to end their contracts.
Videos have circulated on social media instructing people how to tear them down or disable them.
In Barrow County, the sheriff said three Flock cameras were recently damaged there.
The sheriff said damage to the devices could be considered a felony.
The Source: The information in this story is based on original reporting by FOX 5’s Rob DiRienzo, who interviewed Flock co-founder Paige Todd, ACLU of Georgia representative Christopher Bruce, and security analyst Peter Tran, as well as tracking data from local sheriff offices.
ATLANTA, Ga. — Positive mosquito samples for West Nile virus have been found in Fulton County, according to the Board of Health.
Officials say the samples came from the Grant Park area and that infected mosquitoes are suspected to be present in the city of Atlanta.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report this year’s West Nile infections are the highest since 2004. The disease has been transmitted by mosquitoes, with reported cases in 23 states. Most of the reported cases are considered severe.
Health officials suggest using an insect repellent registered with the EPA. Wearing long, loose-fitting clothing is also recommended.
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