PHOTOS: Kemp visits tornado-ravaged Coweta County

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Gov. Brian Kemp and other state officials visit tornado-ravaged Coweta County on Saturday, March 27, 2021.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp greets local officials and volunteers on Saturday, March 27, 2021, outside Newnan High School in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through the area. Storms that rolled through North Georgia late Thursday into Friday left a path of destruction, killing one person and injuring others. Most of metro Atlanta was spared from major damage, but Bartow and Polk counties - in northwest Georgia - and Coweta County south of Atlanta took the brunt of the impact. Late Friday, the National Weather Service said it was an EF4 tornado with 170-mph winds that hit Coweta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

A resident reacts on Greenville Street on Saturday, March 27, 2021 in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through Newnan on late Thursday night into Friday. Most of metro Atlanta was spared from major damage, but Bartow and Polk counties - in northwest Georgia - and Coweta County south of Atlanta took the brunt of the impact. Late Friday, the National Weather Service said it was an EF4 tornado with 170-mph winds that hit Coweta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Photograph shows damages at Newnan High School on Saturday, March 27, 2021 in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through Newnan on late Thursday night into Friday. Most of metro Atlanta was spared from major damage, but Bartow and Polk counties - in northwest Georgia - and Coweta County south of Atlanta took the brunt of the impact. Late Friday, the National Weather Service said it was an EF4 tornado with 170-mph winds that hit Coweta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA) Director Chris Stallings talks to the media outside Newnan High School on Saturday, March 27, 2021 in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through Newnan on late Thursday night into Friday. Late Friday, the National Weather Service said it was an EF4 tornado with 170-mph winds that hit Coweta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Workers clean up destructed store at Mr. Carpet on Spence Avenue on Saturday, March 27, 2021in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through Newnan on late Thursday night into Friday. Most of metro Atlanta was spared from major damage, but Bartow and Polk counties - in northwest Georgia - and Coweta County south of Atlanta took the brunt of the impact. Late Friday, the National Weather Service said it was an EF4 tornado with 170-mph winds that hit Coweta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to the media outside Newnan High School on Saturday, March 27, 2021 in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through Newnan on late Thursday night into Friday. Most of metro Atlanta was spared from major damage, but Bartow and Polk counties - in northwest Georgia - and Coweta County south of Atlanta took the brunt of the impact. Late Friday, the National Weather Service said it was an EF4 tornado with 170-mph winds that hit Coweta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Photograph shows damages on LaGrange Street on Saturday, March 27, 2021 in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through Newnan on late Thursday night into Friday. Most of metro Atlanta was spared from major damage, but Bartow and Polk counties - in northwest Georgia - and Coweta County south of Atlanta took the brunt of the impact. Late Friday, the National Weather Service said it was an EF4 tornado with 170-mph winds that hit Coweta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

A volunteer cleans up a destructed home on LaGrange Street on Saturday, March 27, 2021 in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through Newnan on late Thursday night into Friday. Most of metro Atlanta was spared from major damage, but Bartow and Polk counties - in northwest Georgia - and Coweta County south of Atlanta took the brunt of the impact. Late Friday, the National Weather Service said it was an EF4 tornado with 170-mph winds that hit Coweta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

David Morris, owner of Mr. Carpet, reacts as he returns to clean up his totally destructed store on Spence Avenue on Saturday, March 27, 2021 in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through Newnan on late Thursday night into Friday. Most of metro Atlanta was spared from major damage, but Bartow and Polk counties - in northwest Georgia - and Coweta County south of Atlanta took the brunt of the impact. Late Friday, the National Weather Service said it was an EF4 tornado with 170-mph winds that hit Coweta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Ali Zegiri surveys damages of Mr. Carpet on Spence Avenue on Saturday, March 27, 2021 in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through Newnan on late Thursday night into Friday. Most of metro Atlanta was spared from major damage, but Bartow and Polk counties - in northwest Georgia - and Coweta County south of Atlanta took the brunt of the impact. Late Friday, the National Weather Service said it was an EF4 tornado with 170-mph winds that hit Coweta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Aerial photograph taken on Saturday, March 27 shows the aftermath of the tornado that tore through the Newnan late Thursday night into Friday morning. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp greets local officials and volunteers on Saturday, March 27, 2021, outside Newnan High School in the aftermath of the tornado that tore through the area. Storms that rolled through North Georgia late Thursday into Friday left a path of destruction, killing one person and injuring others. Most of metro Atlanta was spared from major damage, but Bartow and Polk counties - in northwest Georgia - and Coweta County south of Atlanta took the brunt of the impact. Late Friday, the National Weather Service said it was an EF4 tornado with 170-mph winds that hit Coweta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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