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Gov. Nathan Deal says he's monitoring incoming winter weather

ATLANTA — State officials are monitoring the approach of winter weather.

Gov. Nathan Deal walked the halls of the state Capitol Monday after he presented his budget recommendations to the general assembly. The $26 billion budget is the biggest in state history.

LIVE Severe Weather Team 2 coverage of the winter weather, on the Channel 2 Action News Nightbeat starting at 10 p.m.

However, the governor kept an eye on the incoming bad weather, saying he is most concerned about the roads.

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“We’ve already begun brining the roads around the metropolitan Atlanta area and in the northwest Georgia area, which is predicted to be where it comes in the heaviest in terms of snow fall,” Deal said.

The governor is no stranger to bad weather.

Icy weather forced Deal to scale back part of his first inauguration, and more icy weather forced him to move his second inauguration indoors.

During his first two terms in office, Deal also dealt with the so-called Snowmaggedon along with tornadoes and most recently Hurricane Irma as it roared through the state.

As far as this first potential snowfall of 2018, the governor says he and state officials are keeping a close eye on whatever may come.

“We will continue that process as the day moves along,” Deal said. “We will make our judgment calls as the weather unfolds.”

So far, there have been no announcements of State of Emergency declarations.