Blown out windows can be seen behind the rubble of a heavily damaged building in downtown Atlanta, caused by a tornado which struck the area late Friday night. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)
At least two people have died in Polk and Floyd counties from powerful storms near the state border with Alabama. The latest severe weather comes after a Tornado with winds of up to 130 miles per hour trashed downtown Atlanta last night. At least 27 people were hurt.
Governor Sonny Perdue and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin declared a state of emergency in several areas in Atlanta.
Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine estimated damage from Friday night's storm at $150 million to $200 million, most of it at the Georgia World Congress Center, a state convention facility near the CNN Center and the Georgia Dome.
People walk away from the Omni Hotel in downtown Atlanta Saturday morning. The hotel was damaged from a tornado which struck the area late Friday night. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)
Click here for more GPB News coverage of the storm damage in downtown Atlanta Friday evening.
Click here for tornado and severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service for the Atlanta area and statewide.
(The Associated Press)
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Severe storms leave two dead
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Storms, high winds sweep across west Georgia
Click map for full-size image. Courtesy National Weather Service
Multiple counties in western and northwestern Georgia were under tornado warnings and watches through most of Sunday afternoon and evening.
There were unconfirmed reports that tornados had touched down in areas northwest of Atlanta, as well as further south near Columbus and Macon.
Residents in the metro Atlanta area reported heavy rain, flooded streets and underpasses and, in some cases, large hailstones.
Georgia Power reports some 5,000 households without power in central Georgia, after high winds knocked down power lines.
A tornado warning remains in effect until 01:00 Monday morning, across a wide swath of central Georgia, according to the National Weather Service. Click here for real-time updates and further details.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Severe weather moving through Georgia
Radar image of affected area. Click on the image for an interactive map. (National Weather Service)
Severe storms that spawned tornadoes in Tennesee, Arkansas, and Kentucky overnight are now moving into Georgia this morning.
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for a 42-county area of the state until 2pm this afternoon. The watch-area is for people in areas of the state extending from northwest Georgia, south through the metro Atlanta area, into central and west-central Georgia.
The storms that moved through areas of the South overnight are reported to have killed 44 people.
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