DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — At least one child was injured after trees fell on several homes in a Douglas County neighborhood.
Neighbors who live along Fairburn Road in Douglas County told Channel 2′s Eryn Rogers that when a tree came down on one house, a young girl was hit and broke a bone.
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Strong storms moved through metro Atlanta early Sunday morning and left destruction and damage behind in several areas.
Rogers was in the Douglas County neighborhood during Channel 2 Action News at Noon where she saw several trees that had come down and blocked roads and damaged homes.
Crews were able to clear trees off of Fairburn Road and reopen the area around 11 a.m.
One homeowner who had two trees fall in her yard says she’s thankful the damage wasn’t worse.
“I was speechless. I didn’t know what to say, didn’t know what to do. I was just standing there and I was like, ‘God, you are great because if this tree would have fell on my house, I don’t know what I’d do,” homeowner Yolette Francois said.
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Some of those neighbors say they have been without power since 2 a.m. As of 12 p.m., Georgia Power says more than 900 customers in Douglas County don’t have power.
The National Weather Service has confirmed a brief EF-0 tornado that hit southern Fayette County on Sunday morning.
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