In the past two days, DeKalb County officials recovered 55 tons of debris and cleared more than 40 downed trees following Tropical Storm Michael’s destruction.
DeKalb officials said crews worked Wednesday through Friday to clear storm damage.
At its peak, Hurricane Michael pummeled through the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 hurricane, before reaching metro Atlanta last Wednesday. The storm, which weakened to a tropical storm overnight Thursday, has killed at least 16, including 11-year-old Sarah Radney in Seminole County in far South Georgia
The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down in Fulton County, near the Cascade Heights neighborhood. Parts of the metro area saw up to 8 inches of rain as 12 tornado warnings were activated in the region.
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DeKalb County was under a flood warning early Wednesday after the region reportedly received between three and four inches of rain — likely a contributing factor to a fatal early morning wreck along I-20. Not long after the wreck, dive crews pulled a car from McAfee Park Lake in Decatur.
The car was reported in the lake Wednesday night, but DeKalb fire Capt. Dion Bentley said crews were on other calls and could not immediately respond to the scene. No one was found in the lake.
Outside of the wreck, there were no reports of severe damage in DeKalb.
In addition to debris and tree clean up, the county reopened 40 roads closed due to the hazardous storm.
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