More than 90,000 residents east of Atlanta were told to keep sheltering in place Monday, a day after the chemical plant fire. The haze and chemical smell had spread to Atlanta by Monday morning, prompting firefighters to use detectors to check the air quality in various parts of the city, Mayor Andre Dickens said.

The greater Atlanta region could not catch a break this weekend after days of rain prior to Hurricane Helene passing by dumped an inordinate amount of