Severe storms on leave damage, many without power in metro Atlanta

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Severe storms rolled through north Georgia on Thursday afternoon, leaving some residents in a Dunwoody neighborhood stunned.

“How did this happen,” asked Alex Delgado. “How terrible was this storm?”

On his way home, riding his scooter on Happy Hollow Road, his turn onto Dunwoody Club Drive was stopped by cones, trucks and crews of people assessing the damage.

Someone with Georgia Power told Atlanta News First that it was unclear how long it would take crews to clean up the affected area safely.

Atlanta News First observed two power poles that sustained considerable damage and appeared to have snapped, with power lines tangled in trees or lying on the ground and trees knocked over.

Another resident provided video from late in the afternoon as the storm rolled through, showing a vast amount of hail falling from the sky. Youthful excitement could be heard from the video, exclaiming, “That’s all hail!”

But not everyone was as excited as the kids were in the video.

“I see all these lights,” said Delgado. “I see the cameraman. All this, I’m like, ‘What happened?’ ‘What the [heck] happened?’ Yeah. I was surprised to see this today.”

He said his house did not lose power. At least, he believed that was the case.

A short drive from this blocked-off road, another cleanup effort is underway. Less than a two-minute drive away, a portion of Dunwoody Club Way was blocked by another fallen tree on power lines, causing traffic to be blocked.

One neighbor in that area reported being without power for about an hour.

In a Sandy Springs neighborhood, Atlanta News First encountered a live downed power line. It left a visible hole in the road at the intersection of Jett Road and Mt. Paran Road NW. A neighbor told Atlanta News First that the smoke and the storm were so powerful that she said her dogs were terrified.

The storms also caused power outages in different parts of the metro, according to Georgia Power’s website. As of the last check, fewer than 3,500 customers were affected by the storms.

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