Many Still Without Power After Storm

Dozens of people in Central Georgia were still without power Friday afternoon due to heavy winds.

Georgia Power's Carol Boatwright said 30 customers in Tennille still remain without power.

Out of the 30 customers, 22 were still without power due to problems with a fuse from equipment on the poles. The remaining eight customers were without power due to a weather-related problem from a transmission line hit by lightning.

Shane Lord from Washington EMC said as of 1:10 p.m., 56 customers were still without power, and power should be fully restored by around 3:30 or 4 p.m.

The main reasons for the remaining outages were from poles and a primary neutral wire being down, Lord said. Lord also said crews from other counties had to come in and help due to a shortage because of Wednesday's storm. These crews were from the Tri-County EMC and Southern Rivers EMC.

Heavy winds left their mark in several Central Georgia counties Thursday.

In Washington County, 911 dispatchers say there was widespread damage, including trees and power lines down in the areas around highways 15, 231 and 88. County officials also said a roof was blown off a barn, according to the weather service.

Power was also out in much of Tennille.

Washinton County EMC says they have about 525 customers without power. Mark Ellington says most of those customers are in Tennille.

He says the storm knocked down about half a dozen electrical poles, and it could be mid-afternoon before all the problems are fixed.

Damage was also reported in Johnson County. Johnson County Sheriff's Office says trees were down on Highway 15 South, Highway 221 South, and Dude Sumner Road.

In Peach County, the weather service reported, county officials said about a dozen trees were down near Powersville, between Byron and Fort Valley.

According to the National Weather Service, Monroe County officials have reported four trees down in the southern part of the county, near Bolingbroke.

Johnny Wingers, Bibb County emergency management director, says there were three trees down in the southwestern part of the county.