County officials are using Facebook to communicate with citizens as a stopgap while they work to restore technical operations. In addition to 911, calls to other phone numbers for the Spalding sheriff’s office and jail fail without ringing. : Amid physical damage left in the wake of strong storm systems around metro Atlanta, technical issues have affected Spalding County’s 911 emergency alert system, officials confirmed. He had not been informed of any injuries, but crews were continuing to assess the damage. There were reports of numerous trees down and vehicle crashes around the county, he said. : “Just stay home right now,” Spalding County EMA Director Glenn Polk said late Thursday afternoon. However, another tree was reported down in Gwinnett County where it blocks some lanes of Steve Reynolds Boulevard at Club Drive, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center.Īccording to Georgia Power’s outage map, about 25,000 customers are without power in core metro Atlanta counties, including Fulton, DeKalb and Clayton. A downed tree blocking I-75 South in McDonough was cleared around 5:45 p.m. Red Cross volunteers will be arriving in the area to help with those displaced from their homes.Ĭloser to metro Atlanta, transportation authorities are playing a cat-and-mouse game with trees that are blocking roads. Troup officials said 20-30 homes had been destroyed in the storms, according to Channel 2, but no injuries have been reported. “We have no way to post all the roads that are shut down,” the Troup sheriff’s office said. Spalding County’s 911 system remains inoperable, and in Troup County the sheriff’s office warned residents not to get in their cars. In some cases, county officials tasked with helping residents were left scrambling. A tree also fell in a parking lot on Buford Highway in DeKalb County, barely missing two cars as it landed directly in between, Channel 2 Action News reported. 20, pulling down a power pole outside of an insurance brokerage. In Griffin, the NWS will be investigating reports of a tornado that caused significant structural damage to numerous structures.Įlsewhere, photos from downtown McDonough show where a massive tree fell across Ga. The NWS said a tornado was confirmed by radar and damage reports on the southeast side of LaGrange. : A trickle of damage reports from around metro Atlanta has transitioned into a flood of photos and videos showing downed trees, snapped power lines and damaged buildings as the National Weather Service shared reports of two radar-confirmed tornadoes in Troup and Spalding counties.
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Rescue workers had to cut the driver out of the car, but the scene was quickly cleared, the spokesman said. In Douglas County, most damage reported was minor, but a driver was trapped in their car when a tree fell on top of it, according to a county spokesman. w0VKPvIwiy- Cobb County Fire January 12, 2023 Currently we have 18 homes damaged and 14 families displaced in the area of Ivy Log Dr in Austell. Our crews responded to multiple calls for power lines down, trees in the roadway, and trees on homes.
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