are still offline,
and right now power crews
are out there busy working.
Thank you for waking up with us this morning.
I'm Aisha Howard. I'm Cheryl Pr.
I'm a busy start to the week.
We're going to have a live repon
just a minute with more on the damage
and that cleanup from the storm.
But first, let's get you out the door
with meteorologist Shedsy McNei.
We know we still have to watch
out for some downed trees,
but thankfully we don't have anr
round coming on top of us right.
That's
absolutely right. Not as widesp.
We do have the threat for some showers,
but again, not as widespread
as we saw those just yesterday.
We have a. A few out there right now,
you can see it mainly over toward the east,
couple thunderstorms now into Sh
Carolina that's making its way further
down to the South and E over the
metro area and not much going o.
Even some of those thicker clous
starting to fade away as well.
It's the only game in town right here,
and we can see it down to our Sh
and east or over toward the eas,
just South of Taco,
and now it's starting across I-85 there and
continue to push further down to the South.
Everywhere else we're on the dry side,
at least for this morning.
We'll hold on to a threat this morning,
but it's a very low threat.
We'll catch a break early
afternoon then late.
Once we get into the daytime heating,
we can see a nice little shower.
We see these little white lines here.
These are reports of wind damag,
very widespread throughout
our area up to the north,
not over the metro area and even down
to the South where we've seen some of
those gusty winds associated with a few
of those thunderstorms put through the area.
So waking up this morning,
please know that there are limbd
branches that are all along the trees all
along the roadways out there and even
some of the sidewalks you're looking at.
Temperatures in the 60s startinf
this morning will be rising up into well
near 90 for an afternoon high t.
Level one threat for.
Severe weather this afternoon.
Isolated at best.
A lot of us won't see it.
But like how to let you know
what's out there,
You got to be weather aware.
Time now for check on the roads out there.
Here's Jerry Cards.
Yes Sir. And one of our roadways
blocked due to a downed tree.
This is in Midtown 17th St.
At West Peachtree,
this tree fell earlier this mor.
It took down a traffic light,
it took down some power lines,
and that's what's going to
take a little time to restore.
So this intersection is continually blocked
with authorities directing you around this.
We did have another tree down on Peachtree
Street that fortunately has been cleared.
But another issue has arisen and that is,
is you wake up this morning,
you're going to find traffic lights out
in different areas and that incs
CW Grant Parkway just off of I-.
As you're trying to make your way to the
international terminal of the airport,
take a look at all those break lights
there because the traffic lights are out
there along CW Grant Parkway just off I-75.
So if you're trying to make your way to
the airport, just keep that in .
A crash is off to the side I-20 eastbound.
Just pass Hamilton Holmes Dr.
Fortunately that's.
It's not causing a whole lot of problems,
but you might tap the brakes as
you pass that crash. Otherwise,
Big three, all condition green at six.
O2.
All right, Jerry. Thank you.
All right, so we have had our
crews out there all night,
in all parts of the area, checking out
the aftermath from last night's storms.
A lot of trees down,
bringing power longs along with.
That is going to make for some troubling
conditions on your morning driv.
11 lives, Ariana monies kicking
it off in Lithonia.
Ariana, what are you seeing right now?
So we're starting to get
a little bit of daylight.
Why you should Down trees and power lines
is what we are seeing this morn,
like here on Rogers Lake Rd. Coe
Rd. This is off of Lithonia Industrial Blvd.
And this is something that we're seeing
impacting a lot of people in many parts
of the metro after last night's storm.
And this is certainly impacting people's
morning commute with the street.
This tree blocking both directis
of this road is stretching from
one side of the road to the oth,
also taking down a power line.
I also want to show you video.
From when our crews first
arrived here on Rogers Lake Rd.
we know Georgia Power.
They were here, but they weren't
able to restore power to this a.
Now we were able to speak to a .
He lives nearby and he described what
he heard the moment this tree f.
Take a listen.
About
between 9:00 and 10:00. You kno,
the rain really came in really .
Trees are going all over the pl.
Lights started flickering
and we heard a loud crash.
And that's when the tree came d.
Yeah, nobody got hurt.
You know how the.
So far we haven't seen anybody,
you know, any houses, you know,
with trees dropped on them.
But you know, mine trees are
pretty dangerous around here.
The soil gets wet and
they'll come right down.
It's a situation we're also seeg
on School Rd. In southeast Atla.
You can see where a tree
fell in this home overnight,
as well as a car that was next to this home.
The good news is everyone made it out safely.
And another tree down.
This is 1 Browns Mill Rd.
in Southeast Atlanta.
This tree also took down a power line
blocking off the road in both directions.
Now back out here,
live on Rogers Lake and Coffee .
This tree is blocking the
road in both directions,
stretching from one side
of the road to the other.
And we have seen cars come
down this road pretty quickly,
forced to slam on breaks once
they approach this tree.
Now with the power being out ins
area, it is dark.
We're starting to see the sun
coming a little bit, but you wat
to make sure that you drive saf.
As you go down roads,
especially in wooded areas,
because you stand to come across
situations like this back to
you. All right, Ariana,
and don't take any chances.
Assume all of those wires
are live. Thank you.