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County-by-County: Severe storms cause damage across metro Atlanta

ATLANTA — Wave after wave of severe weather Wednesday has brought damage across metro Atlanta.

Channel 2 Action News had live, Team 2 Coverage fanned out across metro Atlanta covering the damage from the severe weather.

Here is a county-by-county look at the damage.

City of Atlanta: 

Some city workers got stuck in flood waters in NW Atlanta. We were there as crews rescued them.

A flood warning remains in effect for several areas across the metro. NewsDrone 2 flew over a very high Peachtree Creek.

Clayton County:

Shangrila Way in Riverdale was closed because of rising creek waters.

Fulton County:

A large tree came crashing down on a Chevrolet Impala on Dodson Drive in East Point. Channel 2's Craig Lucie tweeted the incredible photo.

Forsyth County:

Firefighters say lightning hit a house in Forsyth County, causing it to catch fire Wednesday morning. A man was home at the time it happened.

The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office posted on their Facebook page a photo of a landscaping retaining wall that collapsed at the Flynn Crossing Publix shopping center on McGinnis Ferry Road and Windward Parkway.

Landscape retaining wall has deteriorated and became a hazard. The location is at Flynn Crossing Publix entrance on McGinnis Ferry Rd and Windward Parkway intersection.

Posted by Forsyth County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Gwinnett County:

Lightning hit a tree outside a house in Lilburn, setting the house on fire. Firefighters had trouble getting a 90-year-old woman from the house.

Henry County: 

Channel 2's Sophia Choi traveled throughout McDonough where she encountered two house fires due to lightning.

Coweta County:

Channel 2's Audrey Washington reported seeing downed trees across Coweta County.  The Emergency Management Agency reports saying that the fire department has cleared the trees.

Douglas County:

A tree crashed onto a house in Lithia Springs but luckily no serious injuries were reported. Channel 2's Richard Elliot was at the scene.

Walton County:

Family in Walton County says rescue workers had to come get their disabled father after a tree fell on their house.

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