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Fallen trees block lanes of metro Atlanta interstate, causing traffic backup

Tree down in DeKalb A tree has come through the retaining wall and onto the interstate at Interstate 285 North in DeKalb County. (Source: WSBTV)

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The aftereffects of a strong summer storm complicated travel on Interstate 285 North at around Chamblee Tucker Road Saturday afternoon.

Fallen trees blocked four right lanes of the interstate at Chamblee Tucker Road for hours. This was around mile marker 34.

A Channel 2 Action News photographer caught images of a tree that had fallen through the barrier and onto the interstate.

The interstate has since been cleared.

Earlier, flooding on Interstate 285 South blocked all lanes of the interstate, but that alert was quickly cleared, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation’s 511.

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