Atlanta mayor declares State of Emergency as city continues Zeta cleanup
ByWSBTV.com News Staff
ByWSBTV.com News Staff
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms declared a State of Emergency in response to the damage left behind by Tropical Storm Zeta.
As of 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Georgia Power said they have restored power to more than 97% of customers.
Mayor Bottoms' executive order allows for additional employees and city resources to assist in cleanup efforts. The city will have additional crews to help the power companies next week.
The order also opens ATL 311 to open Saturday until 5 p.m. The city order says residents can report downed trees after 5 p.m. to 911 and downed power lines to Georgia Power. The full executive order can be read here.
The City of Atlanta says it has assessed 357 down trees as of Saturday and at least 60 trees have downed power lines. The city expects those numbers to increase.
The cleanup efforts from Zeta are happening all around the metro area.
Channel 2′s Michael Seiden found a house on Habersham Road that was nearly split in half by a massive oak tree. A neighbor told Seiden the family escaped without any injuries.
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Zeta Storm Damage (Barun De)
Zeta Storm Damage (Stephanie)
Zeta Storm Damage (Stephanie)
Zeta Storm Damage (Jenny)
Zeta Storm Damage (Zeke Hernandez)
Zeta Storm Damage Crashed around 5:45 am in Kennesaw near 575 andBells Ferry. (Catrina Kennerly)
Zeta Storm Damage Crashed around 5:45 am in Kennesaw near 575 andBells Ferry. (Catrina Kennerly)
Zeta Storm Damage Huge tree fell on a house in Sandy Springs. (Laine)
Zeta Storm Damage Huge tree fell on a house in Sandy Springs. (Laine)
Zeta Storm Damage East Cobb Piedmont Drive My tree toppled at 5:55 a.m., as I sat looking from my living room. (Tennia Benson)
Zeta Storm Damage East Cobb Piedmont Drive My tree toppled at 5:55 a.m., as I sat looking from my living room. (Tennia Benson)
Zeta Storm Damage East Cobb Piedmont Drive My tree toppled at 5:55 a.m., as I sat looking from my living room. (Tennia Benson)
Zeta Storm Damage Pine tree fell across our driveway into the street. Took out the power pole. Transformer on the road exploded a couple of hours ago. Lilburn. (Denise Jenson)
Zeta Storm Damage Marietta (Jenish chand)
Zeta Storm Damage Marietta (Jenish chand)
Zeta Storm Damage Trampoline blown over fence, across, and down the road on Upchurch Rd. in McDonough. (Janet W)
Zeta Storm Damage Tropical Storm Zeta hit us hard in Smyrna, GA. Three big, tall trees fell down into our neighbor's house. (Rozana Chamberlain)
Zeta Storm Damage Tropical Storm Zeta hit us hard in Smyrna, GA. Three big, tall trees fell down into our neighbor's house. (Rozana Chamberlain)
Zeta Storm Damage Tropical Storm Zeta hit us hard in Smyrna, GA. Three big, tall trees fell down into our neighbor's house. (Rozana Chamberlain)
Zeta Storm Damage Tropical Storm Zeta hit us hard in Smyrna, GA. Three big, tall trees fell down into our neighbor's house. (Rozana Chamberlain)
Zeta Storm Damage Ganesville (Pam Schofield)
Zeta Storm Damage Gainesville (Pam Schofield)
Zeta Storm Damage At 5:35am this morning a tree limb came through my bedroom ceiling RIGHT over my bed where my dog and I were lying. (Darlene Griffith)
Zeta Storm Damage Forsyth County off of exit 15 in Cumming
At 5:35am this morning a tree limb came through my bedroom ceiling RIGHT over my bed where my dog and I were lying. I could hear the high winds and things blowing all over the place and was just about to get up and go into the living room when this limb came through. We are ok. A little shaken and full of debris in my hair, but definitely being watched over by our guardian angel. (Darlene Griffith)
Zeta Storm Damage (Sherry Jernigan)
Zeta Storm Damage Atwood Dr. NW; Off Marietta Square Kennesaw Ave. (Bill Goolsby)
Zeta Storm Damage Atwood Dr. NW; Off Marietta Square Kennesaw Ave. (Bill Goolsby)
Zeta Storm Damage (Elizabeth Barrett)
Zeta Storm Damage Winston Ga Douglas County large oak snapped and took out corner of house (Tonya Mayo)
Zeta Storm Damage Winston Ga Douglas County large oak snapped and took out corner of house (Tonya Mayo)
Zeta Storm Damage Tree fell thru residents' apartment (Vino Mars)
Zeta Storm Damage Tree fell thru residents' apartment (Vino Mars)
Zeta Storm Damage Tree fell thru residents apartment (Vino Mars)
Zeta Storm Damage Tree on Clubhouse at Country Club of the South (Vickie Riccardo)
Zeta Storm Damage Atwood Dr. NW; Off Marietta Square Kennesaw Ave. (Bill Goolsby)
Zeta Storm Damage (Christena Bender)
Zeta Storm Damage (Christena Bender)
Zeta Storm Damage (Frank Shaffer)
Zeta Storm Damage Neighborhood bands together to remove tree that blocks the road. Power out, Hoschton Ga (Ginger Eads)
Zeta Storm Damage Large oak tree falling from yard in East Atlanta Village at 4:39am. Luckily it fell into an empty parking lot so no structure damage. (Jonathan Russell)
Zeta Storm Damage Downed tree on Sunset Road in Norcross (Taylor walkery)
Zeta Storm Damage (Valerie)
Zeta Storm Damage POOLE RD, VILLA RICA 30180. LARGE NEIGHBORHOOD, NO POWER, NO WAY OUT. (JOE)
Young couple killed by falling tree had been married less than a year
