[5:15 p.m.]: The storms that began early Wednesday morning left more than 9,000 Georgians without power by the evening.
Georgia EMC reported 2,941 statewide outages, with 460 in metro Atlanta. Georgia Power reported 164 outages statewide; 50 in metro Atlanta. About 6,000 customers were affected by the utility’s outages, including 1,406 in the metro area.
UPDATE [1:45 p.m.]: By Wednesday afternoon, Georgia EMC reported just below 6,000 statewide power outages, including 4,626 in metro Atlanta. Georgia Power was reporting 42 outages statewide, including 8 in metro Atlanta. Just over 1,100 customers were impacted; 22 of those in the metro area.
Both utilities are updating their outage maps throughout the day.
ORIGINAL STORY: During the heaviest portion of storms Wednesday morning, thousands of outages had been reported across metro Atlanta. By about 11 a.m., those outages had dropped to about 500.
A Georgia EMC outage map showed 543 outages in the metro area before lunchtime. An additional 400 outages were shown for customers in Georgia's south region on the map.
Georgia EMC plans to update the map throughout the day as storms continue moving through the state and metro area.
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A Georgia Power outage map showed 93 outages affecting about 4,000 customers statewide around 11:15 a.m. About 45 of those outages, impacting more than 1,900 customers were in the metro Atlanta area. Georgia Power is updating its outage map every 10 minutes throughout the day.
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