ATLANTA - Georgia Power Company crews worked throughout the night to restore power to thousands who lost electricity when thunderstoms rolled through metro Atlanta and north Georgia. <br>
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Georgia Power spokesman Tal Wright says 35,000 customers were without power in the metro area at the height of the storm about 7 p.m. Tuesday. <br>
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Another 21,000 customers lost power elsewhere in Georgia. <br>
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Wright says that number is down to 75 customers in metro Atlanta and about 40 more in Cartersville in northwest Georgia. <br>
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Crews expect to restore power to those customers in the next few hours. <br>
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In Alpharetta, lightning hit the tops of two houses that were two doors apart.
