ATLANTA — The heavy rain and wind caused a mess across the metro Saturday night into Sunday morning.
Channel 2’s Rikki Klaus went to one neighborhood in southwest Atlanta Sunday afternoon where an old oak tree snapped, and landed in the yard next door.
The tree brought down power lines as well along Carter Avenue.
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"It scared the hell out of us, but we're just so glad we're OK," neighbor Catz Dukes told Klaus.
Dukes hugged her neighbor tightly after the storm split a huge oak tree in her yard. The oak tree then knocked down another tree next door, ripping the house wide open.
"None of this that you see today would have occurred if we'd been allowed to take the trees down when they needed to come down," Dukes said.
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She showed Klaus paperwork, documenting one of the times her 92-year-old mother reached out to the city to get approval to tear the tree down. Her next door neighbor tried as well.
On Rock Springs Road in northeast Atlanta, a large tree covered the road.
"I'm glad that no one was hurt. It's kind of a jarring thing," neighbor Sam Epstein told Klaus.
Epstein said he saw sparks when the tree came down and called 911 to help a driver who got caught in the mess.
"Somebody was in the car, and the wires that had come down were, sort of, on their car. I think everybody was alright, though, so that's good news," Epstein said.
Just down the road was another tree split in half, blocking an entryway to a park.
Between all three locations, people in the area said no one was hurt.
LOOKING AHEAD:
The system that brought the storm late Saturday into Sunday will move out completely by Monday morning, with only isolated showers Monday.
Another wave of rain and storms -- especially over the metro's southern half -- will move in Tuesday with a final wave of downpours and the potential for strong to severe storms Wednesday.
As an upper-level low moves overhead, a few isolated showers will linger Thursday. But, overall, a much drier pattern will settle in for Memorial Day weekend.
Rainy Sunday morning☔ Cleanup is underway after showers + storms moved through the metro area. http://2wsb.tv/2qIe0DK
Posted by WSB-TV on Sunday, May 21, 2017
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