Georgia Governor Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency initially for all six coastal counties on September 6; however, the state of emergency was expanded to cover 30 counties in southeast and east central Georgia, and Governor Deal ordered mandatory evacuations for all areas east of Interstate 95 on September 7.
佐治亞州州長南森·迪爾9月6日宣布對所有六個沿海縣發起緊急狀態; 然而，緊急狀態擴大到佐治亞州東南部和東部中部的30個縣，迪爾在9月7日下令對佐治亞州95號州際公路（英语：Interstate 95 in Georgia）以東的所有地區強制撤離。