At least 61,000 left without power in Georgia as storms move through

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Damage from a wintertime tempest successful Georgia. (Georgia Power)

ATLANTA – Thousands of radical were near without powerfulness successful Georgia connected Saturday and Sunday arsenic almighty storms moved done the state.

As of 10 a.m., astir 61,000 customers statewide were without power, mostly successful northbound Georgia, arsenic residents were deed with beardown winds and snow, according to Georiga Power.

“Gusty winds are apt to bring down trees that could origin further outages during the day,” Georgia Power said.

Approximately 41,000 customers already had their powerfulness restored since tempest impacts began Saturday evening astatine 10 p.m., the inferior institution said, arsenic thousands of employees worked to get it backmost on.

Georgia Power offered customers tips, tools and resources to enactment harmless and informed:

Home Winter Weather Safety Tips

Use flashlights and person and other batteries connected hand. If you must usage candles, ne'er permission them unattended.
Maintain ventilation astir fireplaces.
Use abstraction heaters lone connected level surfaces and support distant from furniture, curtains, water, children and pets.
Never usage generators indoors. Always travel the manufacturer’s instructions supplied with the generator model.

Tools You Can Use to Stay Informed

Outage Alerts – Subscribe to the escaped Georgia Power Outage Alert work to person personalizednotifications and updates via substance message. Text REG to GAPWR, and registry with your relationship number.
Outage & Storm Center – Available astatine www.georgiapower.com/storm, customers tin sojourn this tract to motion up for Outage Alerts, study and cheque the presumption of outages, and entree utile information tips and information. Customers tin study and cheque the presumption of an outage 24 hours a time by contacting Georgia Power astatine 888-891-0938.
Outage Map – Housed wrong the Outage & Storm Center, Georgia Power’s interactive Outage Map provides adjacent real-time information, allowing users to spot wherever outages are occurring crossed the authorities and way estimated restoration times.
Georgia Power Mobile App – Download the Georgia Power mobile app for Apple and Android devices to entree tempest and outage accusation connected the go.
@GeorgiaPower connected Twitter – Follow @GeorgiaPower connected Twitter for tempest tips, outage updates, lawsuit work and more.