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Retaining wall near Forsyth Publix crumbles in storm

Atlanta weather caused a retaining wall to crumble near a Publix in Forsyth County on Wednesday.
Atlanta weather caused a retaining wall to crumble near a Publix in Forsyth County on Wednesday.
By Mitchell Northam
April 5, 2017

Severe weather in Atlanta caused bricks and dirt from a retaining wall to spill onto a road in Forsyth County on Wednesday.

The landscape wall is near the entrance to a Publix at Flynn Crossing, at the intersection of McGinnis Ferry Road and Windward Parkway. The debris blocked the roadway.

Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said the wall “deteriorated and became a hazard.”

No one was injured when the wall crumbled and Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said it hadn’t been given a time frame on fixing it yet.

“There is another entrance everyone can use,” they said.

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