Sheriff’s office collecting supplies for storm victims
Published 9:35 am Monday, January 23, 2017
TIFTON — The Tift County Sheriff’s Office is taking supply donation to help Cook County residents who were affected by the weekend storms.
The TCSO is looking for water, either bottled or by the gallon, baby food, clothing for children and babies, hygiene items like toothpaste and toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, etc.
Donated items can be dropped off between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. at the TCSO or in Adel at First Baptist Adel and Adel Assembly of God.
The sheriff’s office is located at 500 Morgan Drive.
First Baptist Church in Adel is located at 200 E. 5th St.
First Assembly of God in Adel is located at 601 Massee Post Road.
The number of fatalities in South Georgia from a weekend series of deadly storms has risen to 14 dead, according to officials.
Meanwhile, dozens of people across the region are dealing with damaged homes and injuries in the aftermath of reported tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported 14 confirmed fatalities Monday morning, in Cook, Berrien, Brooks and Dougherty counties.
Dougherty County Coroner Michael Fowler reported three deaths Monday morning.
Fowler said there are still quite a few missing in Dougherty; search-and-rescue teams are looking for people reported missing.
Cook County is reporting seven confirmed dead. A state report Sunday claimed an eighth fatality but that number was mistaken, according to Cook County officials.
Cook County Coroner Tim Purvis said Monday morning there are seven fatalities.
He said there are no missing people as far as he knows, but authorities will be searching the storm sites this morning just in case they missed anything.
Purvis said he is not releasing names of the people killed yet. He is still working to notify all relatives of the people who died.
Two deaths were reported in Berrien County and two deaths were reported in Brooks County due to the storms. In Berrien County, Paulk Russell and Ann Nix of Old Lois Road were killed; in Brooks County, Jesse and Betty Newsome were killed, according to authorities.
