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North Georgia residents dealt with downed trees, power outages Sunday

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Residents across north Georgia woke up to trees that were knocked down during overnight storms Sunday.

Channel 2′s Tom Regan traveled to the Northlake Manor Apartments in Tucker, where a large tree crashed into the parking lot overnight.

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Regan said the tree was on top of several cars and clearly caused damage to the roof of one.

Resident Musha Imorro told Regan he was thankful that he parked his car elsewhere.

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“Imagine waking up in the morning, going to church and you find this,” Imorro said. “I can give thanks to God; that’s all I’ll say.”

Regan said it appears the tree did not damage the building in any way.

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It is unclear if anyone was injured.

In addition to the downed trees, a little over 1,000 residents in the region were also without power according to Georgia Power. Since 7 a.m., only a few hundred residents have been without power.

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