ATLANTA — Crews are cleaning up parts of metro Atlanta after a rainy weekend.
One Atlanta family is counting their blessings after a large tree in their yard fell away from their home at the corner of Moores Mill and West Wesley Roads.
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Sharon Minor told Channel 2's Rikki Klaus she'd be planning a funeral if the tree had fallen on her home instead of her yard.
"We're sad to lose all these big great oaks, but Praise the Lord, like I said they fell that way and didn't cut the house in two," Minor said.
The enormous tree was ripped out of a concrete driveway. Other smaller trees fell in the family's yard, including one that landed on power lines.
Big tree ripped thru driveway at Moores Mill/W Wesley roads. Contractor says it's lucky tree didn't fall on home. pic.twitter.com/bVPTgaCUip
— Rikki Klaus (@RikkiKlaus) May 1, 2016
Channel 2's Rikki Klaus met Prudence Allen Bentley, 88, who showed off the cracks in her kitchen ceiling and walls. A large tree crashed onto her home last night as she and her son sat down for dinner.
"And we just said grace...the wind got going and all those trees out there were getting whirled around and around and around like that. It was like a tornado whirl," Bentley said. "Well nothing fell except the one tree in the front yard, fell kaboom, right across the whole roof and was hanging off the other side."
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You can also track storms on your phone by downloading the free Severe Weather Team 2 app.
This is the root of a 100+ ft oak that fell onto a family's home in NW Atlanta. Good news- no one hurt @wsbtv #gawx pic.twitter.com/dsUrC1WowZ
— Nicole Carr (@NicoleCarrWSB) May 1, 2016
Photog @colemanwsbtv shooting dead limb that took out SUV and smashed a window on home in SE Atlanta pic.twitter.com/GRUlTvKmA0
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) May 1, 2016
Also, storm damage in northwest Atlanta took down many trees and left thousands of people without electricity.
GA Power line crews working on West Paces in hard hit area after storms. Many trees down in NW ATL pic.twitter.com/kcWDBBx7v6
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) May 1, 2016
Peachtree Battle to Moores Mill Road suffered a great deal of damage, with a large tree taking down power lines and blocking Moores Mill Road, Channel 2's Steve Gehlbach and Channel 2's Nicole Carr reported.
Boil Water Advisory
*BOIL ADVISORY in effect until 2AM* for part of Fulton in pink, including Grant Park, GA Tech, GSU, Inman Park pic.twitter.com/psN2ln93Fm
— Katie Walls (@KatieWallsWSB) May 2, 2016
The boil water advisory was in effect until early Monday morning, according to the Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, which shared news of the advisory on Twitter.
More than 1,000 customers remain without power throughout the state, Georgia Power reports.
Stay with WSBTV.com and watch Channel 2 Action News for weather updates,
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