DeKalb County residents can learn about preparing for severe weather at a workshop later this week.

The county’s Emergency Management Agency will discuss safety during a tornado as well as other weather emergencies at the event. The workshop begins at noon Thursday at the One DeKalb resource center, lower level near Macy’s in Northlake Mall, 4800 Briarcliff Road.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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