GEORGIA — The severe weather late Tuesday night into early Wednesday has left tens of thousands without power in north Georgia. The storms also knocked down trees across the area.
Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz and Meteorologist Brian Monahan tracked several severe thunderstorm warnings and even a few tornado warnings in far north Georgia.
There’s also been some significant flash flooding, especially over parts of Gilmer County. The storms are winding down and the focus will turn now to cleaning up damage as the sun comes up.
We’ll bring you the latest damage reports and power outage numbers, on Channel 2 Action News This Morning from 4:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
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POWER OUTAGES IN NORTH GEORGIA
As of 6 a.m., Georgia EMC reports 9,274 customers are without power across the state. The majority of the outages reported are in its north (5,654 customers), northeast (2,234 customers) and metro Atlanta regions (942 customers). The outages were at one point over 17,500.
Georgia Power’s outages are mostly in the metro Atlanta area. Here are the latest county-by-county numbers as of 6 a.m.
- Clayton County: 240 customers without power
- Cobb County: 360 customers without power
- DeKalb County: 2,531 customers without power
- Fulton County: 669 customers without power
- Gwinnett County: 1,075 customers without power
- Habersham County: 499 customers without power
- Pickens County: 563 customers without power
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