SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

The Georgia Department of Transportation announced Friday the reopening of the Sidney Lanier Bridge after Hurricane Ian skirted the coast but left no major damage in Southeast Georgia.

Ian caused devastating storm surge, flooding and damage across the Florida Peninsula.

We'll be updating this article as we learn more about power outages across our viewing area.

Jacksonville is just on the edge of Ian’s wrath.

Hurricane Ian slammed Southwest Florida on Wednesday, making landfall as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm just after 3 p.m.

A database of closings and changes to dozens of smaller schools, businesses and community events affected by Hurricane Ian.

Georgia law enforcement authorities announced Friday the success of Operation Coastal Flood with over 30 arrests in three days.

The drowning death of prominent attorney Page Pate is demonstrating the dangers of currents in the ocean and inlets.

The number of cases of monkeypox is growing in the United States. As of August 1, there are more than 5,000 cases in the U.S.

Multiple law enforcement agencies combined recently to seize more than 230 pounds of illegal marijuana during two separate traffic stops in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.

Families who lost loved ones in the line of duty and the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard returned home from Washington, D.C., after honoring their sacrifice.

The names of 11 Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty were added to the wall of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

The names of 11 Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty will be added next week to the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

You’ll definitely feel the chill in the air when you wake up this weekend as a second cold front sinks south this evening, giving us that extra push for cold air to move in this weekend.

A tornado watch was in effect until 4 p.m. Thursday for Baker and Columbia counties in Florida and Brantley, Charlton, Pierce and Ware counties in Georgia.

Light showers are moving across portions of southeast Georgia while the rumble of thunder continues south of the State line.  Temperatures will be about 4 to 7 degrees cooler than our morning temperatures.

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Brantley, Pierce and Ware counties until 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

A powerful cold front will blow through mid-morning Saturday and with it comes the potential for brief and intense downpours. The threat is less on the rain amounts and more on the intensity or severity of the storms.

Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia are full of exceptional women who lead, make change, and work tirelessly to improve our community every day.

We are in for a weather treat!

Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia are expecting another wintry blast this weekend, as temperatures will drop below freezing for most of our area.

Every year in December, News4JAX takes a look back at some of the most memorable stories of the past 12 months.

Plans to build a spaceport in southeast Georgia are on hold right now. A judge will decide if a crucial part of the project should go before voters early next year.

The News4Jax I-TEAM is looking into the case of potentially bad gas that was sold at a Southeast Georgia gas station.

Half of all Georgia residents are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 — a figure that still trails the national average.

Active-duty incidents and COVID-19 have taken the lives of 11 local law enforcement officers in the past nine years.

COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are going to start being offered to specific groups in Southeast Georgia starting Monday.

This article includes the most recent data from the Georgia Department of Public Health on cases of COVID-19 in the state.

High school football season is off and running. A glance at the area scoreboard for teams in North Florida and Southeast Georgia on Friday night, and schedules for next week.

After just over a week in session, Ware County Schools made the decision Friday to put the school year on hold following a “sharp increase” in the number of positive COVID-19 cases reported among students and staff.

Many districts throughout the area are still looking to hire for positions for the school year.

The largest city on Georgia’s coast has reimposed a requirement that people wear masks in public, citing a “steep and alarming rise” in cases of the COVID-19.

As piles of debris got larger as the day went on in downtown St. Marys, local groups joined the cleanup efforts, helping their neighbors dig out after an EF-2 tornado struck the city.

Neighbors in Camden County continued the long and tedious process Friday of cleaning up after Tropical Storm Elsa.

Thanks to News4Jax viewers, we’ve collected dozens of photos and videos of Tropical Storm Elsa moving through Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.

As Tropical Storm Elsa moved across North Florida and into Southeast Georgia, the system brought with it heavy rains and wind gusts -- enough to spawn a tornado that resulted in more than a dozen injuries at an RV park near Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.

About 10 miles from the Kings Bay Navy base where a tornado tore apart an RV park Wednesday, significant damage was left in a St. Marys neighborhood after Tropical Storm Elsa passed through.

Tropical Storm Elsa spun up a tornado at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay that flipped recreational vehicles upside-down and blew one of them into a lake.

A tornado touched down early Wednesday evening in Southeast Georgia as Tropical Storm Elsa moved through, according to the National Weather Service in Jacksonville.

Tropical Storm Elsa moved into southern Georgia early Wednesday evening after making landfall earlier in the day along Florida’s northern Gulf Coast.

The portion of the Georgia coast south of Brunswick is under a tropical storm warning, with forecasters expecting Hurricane Elsa to bring tropical storm conditions with sustained winds of 40 mph to 50 mph in parts of southeast Georgia.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center has warned of life-threatening storm surges, flooding and isolated tornadoes.

After blowing through the Gulf Coast and sending storms throughout Florida, Tropical Storm Elsa moved into southern Georgia, bringing with it heavy rains and gusty winds.

Tropical Storm Elsa moved ashore near Horsehoe Beach in Florida’s Big Bend just before 11 a.m. after spreading downpours, strong winds and even tornadoes across North Central Flordia.

Monday evening downpours continue to push off the coast. Nassau and Camden counties seeing the bulk of the tropical downpours the past few hours. Plus, light to moderate rains extend all throughout Southeast Georgia. These too will roll of the coast before midnight.

Tropical Storm Elsa remains on a projected path just off Florida’s Gulf Coast with possible landfall early Wednesday in the Big Bend region. This potentially puts us on the powerful, “dirty” side of the storm with a greater chance of severe weather.

Tropical Storm Elsa weakened slightly as it traveled over Cuba. Now we enter the “hope Elsa remains well behaved” zone.

A hero to longtime Georgia Bulldog fans could be entering next year’s race for U.S. Senate, taking on Sen. Rafalael Warnock.

A man is in custody and a child is back safe with their mom after a kidnapping in Glynn County. Police said the man stole the mother’s car with the child inside.