A weather system that brought severe thunderstorms to the Southeast overnight has resulted in tragic consequences and widespread damage. In Cherokee County, Georgia, a 27-year-old man lost his life when a tree fell on his moving car. Fortunately, there were no passengers in the vehicle at the time of the incident.
The storm also left a trail of power outages, affecting hundreds of thousands of electricity customers in southeastern Tennessee and northern Georgia. While the number of outages has decreased significantly, with only about 30,000 customers still without power as of Wednesday morning, the town of Ellijay in north Georgia continues to experience disruptions.
