Fareeha Abrar
Journalist at WMAZ-TV (Macon, GA)
🐊 @WUFTNews Newsroom Assistant at @UFJSchool 🐆 @FCN2go former Intern
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3 weeks ago |
13wmaz.com | Fareeha Abrar
GEORGIA, USA — The clock is ticking. As hurricane season kicks off, emergency management directors across Central Georgia are urging families to make a plan before the storms arrive. “Every storm season is different," said Chris Stoner, Houston County’s Emergency Management Agency Director. "We can never predict 100% what’s going to happen.” Spencer Hawkins, EMA Director for Bibb County, said the risk this year is higher than usual.
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3 weeks ago |
13wmaz.com | Fareeha Abrar
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Houston County resident Rick Cucci has lived on Tharpe Road for over 30 years. In that time, he’s seen traffic go from a trickle to a steady stream of speeding cars, commercial vehicles and distracted drivers. “It’s not a highway, but you wouldn’t know it by the way people drive,” Cucci said. Now retired, Cucci said spends his days as a grandfather and neighborhood watchdog, sounding the alarm on what he calls a growing safety threat.
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3 weeks ago |
13wmaz.com | Fareeha Abrar
MACON, Ga. — A Macon business owner says he's left with a damaged parking lot after years of heavy construction equipment rolling across his property as part of a major roundabout project. Reza Rezaee, who owns Macon Auto Network near the State Route 247 roundabout, says the construction has caused serious damage to his business's property. He claims that for months, large construction vehicles used his lot to stage materials and unload equipment, particularly trucks carrying tons of concrete.
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3 weeks ago |
13wmaz.com | Fareeha Abrar
GEORGIA, USA — As the weather warms up and more Georgians head outdoors to enjoy lakes, rivers, and ponds, wildlife officials have a message: stay GatorWise or risk a close encounter with one of nature’s oldest predators. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says the state is home to an estimated 225,000 alligators, and while they typically keep to themselves, warm weather brings both gators and people closer together. “Leave it alone.
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4 weeks ago |
13wmaz.com | Fareeha Abrar
GEORGIA, USA — Central Georgia waters are getting a jolt in the name of conservation. Each spring, biologists with Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) head out with boats and electrodes to conduct what’s known as spring electrofishing. This technique temporarily stuns fish with a controlled electrical current, enabling researchers to collect samples safely.
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