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Thousands without power as storms sweep through metro Atlanta, north Georgia

ATLANTA — Thousands of Georgians were without power overnight as severe weather continued to make its way through north and west Georgia and the metro Atlanta area.

Those numbers have continued to drop as crews work to restore power, but there are still thousands of customers affected.

According to Georgia Power, they have more than 11,907 customers currently affected by 414 outages across the state.

Outages are not restricted to Georgia Power customers either.

A variety of electric membership cooperatives are also reporting outages for residents, including in Cobb County, Coweta County, as well as several areas west of Atlanta such as Union City, Campbellton, the City of South Fulton and more.

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Here’s a rundown of the current outage numbers, as of 11 a.m.

Amicalola EMC: 31 outages, 606 impacted

Carroll EMC: 75 outages, 1,025 impacted

Coweta-Fayette EMC: 39 customers impacted across Coweta, and Fayette counties.

Georgia Power: 414 outages, 11,907 customers affected

GreyStone Power: 116 outages, 5,172 customers impacted

Jackson EMC: 4 outages across Barrow, Gwinnett, and Hall counties.

Snapping Shoals EMC: 150 outages across Rockdale, DeKalb, Newton, and Henry counties.

Sawnee EMC: 5 outages, 6 impacted

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