WABE’s Week In Review: Georgia still in Debby cleanup and how blood pressure affects pregnancies

Jill Nagel with the Georgia Department of Transportation surveys a drainage ditch with a high water level along Route 301 near Statesboro.
Jill Nagel with the Georgia Department of Transportation surveys a drainage ditch with a high water level along Route 301 near Statesboro. During Tropical Storm Debby, the water level was even higher, and GDOT crews had to monitor the nearby bridge overnight in case floodwater reached it. (Emily Jones/WABE)

Georgia’s dangerous maternal mortality rate…

Shelters are full…

Big congrats!



Campaigning in Georgia…

Also in this episode…

–Emily Jones and Molly Samuel have more on the aftermath of Tropical Storm Debby.

–Sam Gringlas has more on how North Carolina and Georgia, with similar electorates, have such different results.

–Julien Virgin reports on how a Latino community group is trying to help feed those in need as surveys show 1 in 6 kids go hunger in metro Atlanta each day.