Headline: Flood Advisory from TUE 2:03 PM EDT until TUE 4:00 PM EDT
Bulletin: …FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON… * WHAT…Urban area and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE…Central Columbia County in east central Georgia… * WHEN…Until 400 PM EDT. * IMPACTS…Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways. Ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS… – At 203 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding. Up to 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. – Additional rainfall amounts up to 1.5 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. – Some locations that will experience flooding include… Grovetown, Evans, Harlem, Riverwood, Patriots Park, Columbia County Exhibition Center, Liberty Park Community Center, Blanchard Park, Blanchard Woods Park, Woodbridge, Evans Towne Center Park, Riverside Park and German Island. – This includes Interstate 20 in Georgia between mile markers 185 and 192. – http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… Most flooding deaths occur in vehicles. Never drive through a flooded roadway or around barricades. Turn around, don’t drown. Report any flooding directly to the Columbia National Weather Service when it is safe to do so. You can send reports by Facebook or X to NWSColumbia or by e-mail at NWS.Columbia@noaa.gov. &&
Type: Flood Advisory
Issued for: 2026-09-22T14:03:00-04:00
Ending at: 2026-09-22T16:00:00-04:00
County Name: Columbia County
State: Georgia
Category: Met
Urgency: Unknown
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Unknown
Thunderstorms with locally heavy downpours. High 83F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall near an inch. Locally heavy rainfall possible..
Cloudy skies. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 69F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph.
Updated: September 22, 2026 @ 2:21 pm

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) – Starting in Fall of 2027 Augusta University is set to offer a Bachelor of Science in Public Health, an addition meant to open pathways for students to help solve health problems affecting the Augusta community and beyond. 
Teresa Waters, AU’s Dean of the School of Public Health, said that her school already had a number of graduate programs since its inception three years ago, but they were looking to create an undergraduate program to complement them. 
“Well, our school of public health is three years old,” Waters said. “And we had all graduate degrees, and those degrees had been in various parts of the university and came into the school, but we didn’t have an undergraduate degree. That was always the goal for us, and we finally got it across the finish line.”
Waters said that AU’s Public Health Program is unique because its workload is half graduate and professional, giving students internships and applied learning experiences to prepare them for the workforce. 
“We expect fully a third to a half of our students to go on to graduate school or to professional school,” Waters said. “That’s a very common path for public health students. But that means at least half of them are likely to go and work in community. Community organizations, health systems, state and local government have programs supporting health. So there’s a lot of different areas where our students could be because they’re going to get a very wide set of training.”
Theophilus Gabriel, a second-year Ph.D. student studying applied health sciences, said that he appreciates the support given to him by faculty, and looks forward to mentoring undergrad students in the program. 
“It’s going to be a great opportunity for anyone interested in pursuing this program,” Gabriel said. “I’ve been here for a year and all I can say is you have everything it takes here to make you a good worker in public health. We have a very good faculty that are going to help you. They are always there for us. So, like, if you need anything, if you need any assistance, if you need mentorship, the students and the faculty are always there to help.”
Though she currently only anticipates around 25 students to make up the inaugural class for the new program, Waters said that she hopes to see continued growth in coming years to help combat Augusta’s health issues such as high rates of diabetes, substance use disorder, and overdoses. 
“My hope and dream is that this program will by five years be in the 200-300 range and by 10 years be over 500 students,” Waters said. “I really think that there is that much need for these graduates in our area. The students who graduate from public health programs are in high demand and the Department of Labor projects about a 20% increase in jobs in the CSRA for students graduating from this type of program.”
Waters added that her school is looking specifically for organizations to partner with that can offer students strong practical applied earning experiences that affect health. 
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