Storms blamed for 2 deaths sweep across the South
Source: AP-EXCITE
ATLANTA (AP) — A severe storm system rolled across the South for a second day Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands as it made a mess of the morning commute in Atlanta and other Southern cities.
The storm, which claimed two lives a day earlier after spinning off tornadoes in Arkansas and Missouri, sent heavy thunderstorms across much of Georgia. Large areas of the state were under a tornado watch.
The Storm Prediction Center estimated that more than 36 million people were in the path of damaging storms that formed in the Midwest earlier in the week and left several injured.
Cars crawled through heavy rain around Atlanta in morning rush hour as water collected on some low-lying roadways, including part of a heavily traveled interstate through downtown Atlanta. Georgia Power reported more than 29,000 customers without electricity early Tuesday, the bulk of the outages in the hard-hit metro Atlanta area.
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John Brooks, right, looks out of his house that was hit by a tree during the storm Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, in Monroe, La. (AP Photo/The Shreveport Times, Henrietta Wildsmith)
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