The East Coast superstorm continues to push brisk winds into the metro Atlanta area as it moves inland.
‘Winds still strong,” Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton said. “Wind gusts are up to 25 mph.”
What began as Hurricane Sandy made landfall Monday evening in south New Jersey, and forecasters have downgraded the storm to a post-tropical storm.
The storm is now moving westward, affecting areas like Cleveland, western Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
In Georgia, a wind advisory remains in effect for the metro area until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Minton said.
The gusts are taking down trees and power lines across the state, affecting electrical service.
As of 5 a.m., Georgia Power reported 600 customers without power in metro Atlanta, with 500 of those outages in the south metro area.
Georgia Power officials expect power to be restored within a “couple of hours.”
Wind on Monday had canceled hundreds of flights departing Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Tuesday morning that number was reduced significantly to about a dozen cancellations, according to the airport website.
Minton said temperatures, which at 6 a.m. were in the high 30s north of the metro area and mid-40s inside the Perimeter, can be expected to rise by week’s end to a high of 67 degrees.
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