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Storms leave damage across metro

By Severe Weather Team 2
By Severe Weather Team 2

ATLANTA — The threat of storms has moved out of the Atlanta metro and is leaving clear skies behind it.

Behind the storms are clearing skies with high humidity, measuring at about 91 percent, according to Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Glenn Burns.

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“There will still be a chance for some showers through the evening. By tomorrow morning for the commute, thick tropical air will be covering northern Georgia. We’re looking at a cloudy start for the day and perhaps a few showers, thunderstorms by about noon, stretching from I-20 to the south, for much of the afternoon,” Burns said.

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The chance of showers will remain throughout most of the week, especially into the weekend.

Burns is putting the chance for showers through the weekend at 60 percent.

Storms leave damage across metro

Firefighters believe a house fire that started as storms rolled through the metro Monday afternoon may have been caused by lightning.

The fire started shortly after 5 p.m. on Heath Hollow Lane in Cobb County.

Cellphone video obtained by Channel 2’s Chris Jose shows flames billowing from the roof of the home.

"I heard a crash with a big pop, and I knew it hit something, but I didn’t think it was this close. And I saw flame out the window of my house, which prompted me to run out my front door," neighbor Erica Benoit told Jose. "It was billowing heavy, thick black smoke."

Benoit looked out her window, and spotted the raging flames captured on cellphone video at the nearby vacant mansion.

Investigators said the fire started in the attic and spread to the back of the home.

Benoit looked out her window, and spotted the raging flames captured on cellphone video at the nearby vacant mansion.

Investigators said the fire started in the attic and spread to the back of the home.

The home is listed for sale for nearly $1.4 million, according to Zillow.

"It was the biggest crack I've ever heard of lightning ever," neighbor Mackenzie Crawford told Channel 2’s Rikki Klaus. And we didn't know the fire started until a few minutes after, my mom said, 'Everybody, there's a fire,' so she called 911."

Crawford lived just two houses away.

"Thank God no one was hurt," Benoit said.

Firefighters were able to get the flames quickly under control. They stayed well into the night to put out hot spots. No other nearby homes were affected.

In Sandy Springs, a downed tree closed Burdette Trail at Burdette Road.

An officer was stationed at the end of the street to block traffic because the tree also brought down power lines.

A Channel 2 Action News viewer sent in a photo of a tree down in south Fulton County that fell on Redwine Road off of Camp Creek Parkway.

The tree stretched across the road.

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