COLQUITT COUNTY, Ga. (WTXL) - It's Severe Weather Preparedness week for Georgia communities.
And almost four months after Hurricane Michael devastated our region, the impact of that storm is still easy to see.
Residents in Colquitt and Miller county are still picking up the pieces that Hurricane Michael left behind nearly four months ago, but things are starting to improve, and the city is starting to show quite a bit more life.
This week, many of the debris piles have been picked up, but several houses and buildings still have tarps on the roofs. Remnants of fallen trees still sit untouched.
Slowly but surely, progress is being made to restore the Mural City to it's former character. Light posts have been ordered and a new city clock will be installed in the coming weeks.
While this city has learned many lessons from this devastating storm, the city manager believes the biggest takeaway is resilience.
"No matter how bad the disaster may be and we may not have been as prepared as we hoped for it, that we just pull together as a community, as public safety agencies and and neighboring communities to help one another out," said City manager Cory Thomas.
Thomas told WTXL that FEMA will continue to help the city and county recover for as long as it will take.
As of Thursday afternoon, more than 270,000 cubic yards of debris have been removed from the community.
