ATLANTA — A burst of severe weather passed through metro Atlanta and the greater north Georgia region on Sunday, bringing strong gusts, downed trees and power outages.
The storm passed through the early evening on Sunday - and as of Monday morning, thousands are still without power.
Georgia Power tweeted Sunday: "We are seeing large amounts of damage across Metro Atlanta and North Georgia. In areas that are the most heavily affected, our team is working to navigate the damage and get the lights back on for customers. If you are in an area that was impacted by high winds, heavy rain, downed trees or other dangerous conditions, please keep safety a top priority."
Georgia Power said in a release Monday morning that had restored power to over 200,000 customers who lost it throughout Sunday and the overnight period Monday morning.
"Crews will continue working throughout the day to restore power to customers who are still experiencing outages caused by the severe thunderstorms that brought high winds, heavy rain and lightning. There are more than 1,400 individual cases of damage that must be addressed to restore service," the release said.
We're tracking outage situations below:
Metro Atlanta and north Georgia power outages Monday morning
According to the Georgia Power outage map as of 3 p.m.:
By region:
- Almost 13,000 people impacted in inner metro Atlanta (down from an earlier high of 33,000+);
- More than 3,100 in the farther northeast metro (down from 7,000+);
- Around 950 in west Georgia;
- Under 100 in northwest Georgia.
By County
- More than 7,600 customers are affected by 277 outages in DeKalb County (down from 14,000+);
- More than 2,000 customers affected by 138 outages in Fulton County (down from 2,200+);
- Almost 1,500 customers affected by 65 outages in Clayton County (down from 2,500+);
- 820 customers affected by 25 outages in Henry County (down from roughly 3,700);
- About 1,100 customers affected by 46 outages in Hall County (down from near 2,000);
- More than 300 customers affected by 17 outages in Rockdale County (down from about 1,500);
- 365 customers affected by 34 outages in Cobb County (down from about 1,100);
- 103 customers affected by 10 outages in Banks County (down from more than 1,000);
- 178 customers affected by 15 outages in Athens-Clarke County (down from nearly 1,000);
- 17 customers affected by 7 outages in Douglas County (down from almost 900);
- 233 customers affected by 12 outages in Rabun County (down from about 1,600);
- 15 customers affected by 2 outages in Jasper County (down from 700+);
- 641 customers affected by 15 outages in Lumpkin County;
- 145 customers affected by 18 outages in Haralson County (down from 823);
- 739 customers affected by 3 outages in Paulding County (new as of 3 p.m.).
According to the Georgia EMC outage map as of 3 p.m. (the EMC map is not as detailed as Georgia Power's):
- 3,621 outages in metro Atlanta
- 3,312 in northeast Georgia
- 1,059 in north Georgia
- 11 in west Georgia
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