Downed trees knock out power to homes across Atlanta

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — After a night of storms, residents across Atlanta woke up to power outages due to downed trees in their respective neighborhoods.

On Forrest Avenue in northwest Atlanta, a downed tree on a power line cut off power to about 250 homes.

Fire crews blocked off both sides of the road to oncoming traffic. Atlanta News First was on the scene and saw smoke rising from a live power line that was on the ground…

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