Watch: Drone video shows damage from EF-2 tornado in Conyers, Georgia
According to storm reports logged by the National Weather Service and NOAA's Storm Prediction Center, a tornado struck Rockdale County just before midnight in the Atlanta suburb of Conyers.
Drone video of storm damage in Conyers, Georgia
The cleanup in Rockdale County, Georgia is ongoing Wednesday as crews work to clear debris from a powerful line of storms that moved through the state, causing damage in its wake. Drone video show some of the storm damage in Conyers.
CONYERS, Ga. – Parts of Georgia experienced severe weather, with storms hitting Atlanta and areas east of the metro particularly hard overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday.
According to storm reports logged by the National Weather Service and NOAA's Storm Prediction Center, an EF-2 tornado struck Rockdale County just before midnight in the Atlanta suburb of Conyers.
The NWS office in Peachtree City, Georgia, surveyed damage in Conyers on Wednesday to assess the strength of the twister that had estimated winds of at least 115 mph.
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Georgia was hit by powerful storms that caused power outages in over 10,000 homes in Atlanta and reports of damage overnight. In Conyers, Georgia, a tree fell on a church, and FOX 5 Atlanta's Brooke Zauner is on the scene to report on the damage early Wednesday morning.
Crews were working to clear downed trees from tree-littered roadways as the sun rose. As many as 1,600 electric customers were without power in the Conyers area, FOX 5 in Atlanta reported. Emergency officials advised people who do not need to travel to stay home until conditions become safer.
Fortunately, a church located on Main Street in Conyers was mostly undamaged when a large tree fell down.
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There were numerous emergency calls following the tornado-warned storm. FOX 5 received a video from Pat Taylor showing rescue workers trying to save a person hit by a fallen tree along Renaissance Drive near Sigman Road in Conyers. Police have not yet released the condition of the person.