ALBANY, GA (WALB)- The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season will officially start June 1st and experts are calling for an above average season that could be just as bad, if not worse, than last year.  

Following a year that produced Super Storm Sandy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issuing its 2013 prediction.

"For the six-month hurricane season which will start June 1st NOAA predicts and above normal and possibly an extremely active hurricane season," said Kathryn Sullivan, Acting Commerce Undersecretary.

DAMASCUS, GA (WALB)- Two violent armed robbers are on the run after beating a south Georgia store clerk at the Petro Station in Damascus and investigators need your help finding them.

Surveillance video showed one of two gunmen fired a shot as they rushed into the store at closing time late Sunday night.

He then tried to shoot Pranay Patel, but the gun wouldn't fire.The robbers beat Patel with their guns before taking off with the cash.

WORTH CO., GA (WALB)- Right now, American Red Cross volunteers are at work in Oklahoma staffing shelters and serving meals and helping tornado survivors put their lives back together.

We all know the Red Cross is there during those big disasters. But the emergency to which they respond most is a house fire, and they desperately need volunteers to help.

Seven months ago, a Worth County yard was the site of a 3,200 square foot house. The Jones family hammered every nail during construction.