A winter storm has moved into North Georgia and the vast majority of our area has seen either freezing rain, wind or snow.
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Georgia EMC’s reported that about 19,500 customers lost power following a day of high winds along with snow and sleet across north Georgia. Crews have restored power for thousands of customers across the state, but more outages have occurred amid continued winter weather into the evening.
Jackson EMC’s reported that they had restored power to nearly 14,000 customers during today’s winter storm. Crews plan to continue working throughout the night. As of 6 p.m. there were 55 outages affecting 1,228 members in the following counties: Hall, Barrow, Banks, Jackson, Lumpkin, Gwinnett, and White counties.
Georgia Power reported that about 24,000 customers were without power statewide according to their Online Outage Map.
Thousands are without power as trees and lines are down from the winter storm. This poor person’s car is completely crushed. Join us for more details from Hall Co. tonight on @cbs46 pic.twitter.com/IIcDUDrJmC
— Savannah Louie (@savannahlouieTV) January 16, 2022
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp took to Twitter Sunday afternoon to urge Georgians to stay home and off the roads:
If you’re able tonight and tomorrow morning, stay home and off the roads.
A big thanks to all our partners who are working around the clock to keep Georgians safe! @GeorgiaEMAHS @GADeptofTrans @ga_dps@GeorgiaPower @Georgia_EMC pic.twitter.com/hv1B7V4Q50
— Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) January 16, 2022
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