ATLANTA — The National Weather Service has confirmed there was a tornado in Fayette County on Sunday morning.
The NWS says there was a short-lived EF-0 on and around Acton Drive in Fayette County around 4:38 a.m. The estimated wind speed was approximately 80 miles per hour.
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After storms moved through metro Atlanta and north Georgia overnight Saturday and into Sunday morning, several communities are reporting damage.
Strong wind combined with heavy rain have caused trees across metro Atlanta to fall, many on power lines and homes.
Channel 2′s Eryn Rogers is along Fairburn Road in Douglas County where several trees have been uprooted and fallen on several homes and blocked the main road.
Crews have been working throughout the morning to clear other roadways blocked by trees.
Channel 2 Action News has confirmed reports of a tree falling on a home along Andiron Court in DeKalb County.
Early Sunday morning, Rogers was also out at a house fire on Nancy Creek Road in north Atlanta where power lines had also come down. Luckily, crews were able to extinguish the flames and no one was hurt.
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Viewers have also shared photos and videos of trees down on power lines and homes in Cherokee, Jasper and Lamar counties.
According to Georgia Power, at 11 a.m. at least 14,000 of their customers are currently without power in metro Atlanta. Fulton, Cobb and DeKalb counties are the hardest hit among those with 7,400, 2,000 and 1,900 customers without power, respectively.
The Georgia Electric Membership Corporation reports another 4,100 people across metro Atlanta are without power.
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