UNDATED - At least one person was killed by a falling tree Monday morning as a severe storm system moved across Georgia... with 50-60 trees reported on the ground in Hall County alone.
Atlanta Fire Rescue Department spokesman Capt. Bill May says the fatality occurred when a tree fell on a car in Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood. He didn't know the victim's name or age.
In north Georgia, no one was injured and no major damage was reported when gusty winds caused a tree to fall across the front lawn of the Norton Agency on Green Street in Gainesville Monday morning.
"I heard a loud boom and I looked out the window and there it was," said Tricia Ruth with the Norton Agency.
Ruth said crews spent the morning chopping up the tree and clearing debris.
"It was probably about 75 to 100 feet tall and it was about four feet wide," she said.
National Weather Service officials said the storm system was producing wind gusts of more than 55 mph, sending trees and branches crashing down on power lines. Georgia Power officials say at least 130,000 customers in metro Atlanta are without service. The manager of the Georgia Power office in Gainesville, Darrell Snyder, said that at mid-morning "thousands" of Georgia Power customers were wihtout power in Hall County.
Jackson EMC, as of about noon, reported approximately 30,000 outages due to the storms.
"Our outages by districts are in Gwinnett (approximately 17,000); Jefferson (approximately 8,000); Neese (approximately 4,800); and Gainesville (approximately 1,100)," spokeswoman K.D. Bryant said. "Line crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore power. Crews are reporting downed trees in roadways where they are having to cut their way in to get to the lines"
To report outages, Jackson EMC members should call their local office and use the Automated Outage Reporting System or for those whoâ
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April 8th, 2025
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