[Updated at 5:15 p.m. ET] More than 100 homes in north suburban Atlanta were damaged by heavy thunderstorms and possible tornadoes as the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee swept through the area Monday, authorities reported.
At least one person was rescued from the basement of a collapsed home near Woodstock, about 30 miles north of downtown Atlanta, Cherokee County Emergency Management Supervisor Robby Westbrook told CNN. He said sheriff's deputies counted more than 100 homes damaged in a roughly five-mile stretch around the town.
And Cherokee County Fire Department spokesman Tim Cavender said several trees were knocked down around Holly Springs, about five miles north of Woodstock. But there were no immediate reports of injuries, he said.
The National Weather Service issued a series of tornado warnings for the area starting around 2:30 p.m. Tornado sightings and radar indications were reported across the northwest Atlanta suburbs throughout the rest of the afternoon.
[Initial post, 11:45 a.m. ET] Lee whipped up winds, dumped rain and caused severe flooding across a broad swath of the Southeast on Monday even after weakening to a tropical depression.
The storm will bring up to 20 inches of rain to some areas Monday as it moves into southern Mississippi, the National Hurricane Center said.
The threat of flash floods forced authorities in Jackson, Mississippi, to evacuate more than two dozen families from an apartment complex early Monday, Jackson police spokeswoman Colendula Green said. The storm knocked down power lines and trees across the city, officials said Monday.
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this just in... it's raining...
The fury of nature.
Leeintulsa has been labeled 'soggy'?
O.o
this would be a good time to go tubeing or jet skiing
I had a CAT scan. I just found out that I have Parkinson's disease. I am so scared.
Jazzzzz I hope you are joking or are a troll. If true; very bad bad news.
told you cat's are evil...
@RUFFNUTT
Hey, we're not all evil !!
Some of us like to kick back and sip on our catnip tea and get scratched behind the ear.
i've heard that before... then you cats get frisky and start multiplying...
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my uncle's daughter droped off 2 cats cause she went to school.. now he has 20+ cats, last count 3 months ago...
jsut a thought...–>> why call them "tornado watches"? cause first thing when people hear "tornado watch" they go to the winbdow and look outside right?... why not call them "tornado hide" like there is a tornado hide warning...
We also do division, algebra, calculus.
Wow ! 20+ cats in 3 months ? That sure is a short gestation period.
his walls are probablly cover in cat seeman... also he has been talked to for stinking at work by human resources
Bobcat2u. Yea I've heard of this pri ck.
Rawrrrrr.. I am chaos incarnate... roar... Fear me and my cross dressing, chainsaw wielding ways!...
*Facepalm*™
I really hope that is Jazzzzzz's troll....my best freind's father just died of Parkinson's....
@Cesar
Just exactly what pri ck are you refering to ?