ATLANTA β In 2023, the intensifying climate crisis took a devastating toll on people in the U.S. who turned to the American Red Cross for help coping with a record number of billion-dollar disasters.
So far this year, an all-time high of 25 billion-dollar disasters, including Hurricane Idalia, ravaged communities across the country. Since the major hurricane made landfall, more than 980 Red Cross disaster responders deployed in Florida and Georgia to help people impacted. In addition, families sweltered in the nationβs hottest summer on record. Right now, the drought conditions in northwest Georgia have intensified to Exceptional Drought, according to Georgiaβs Climate Office.
The Gwinnett Daily Post is a daily newspaper published in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and serves as the county's legal organ. The newspaper is owned by Times-Journal Inc. and prints Wednesday and Sunday each week.