Update: About 4,600 customers were still without power in DeKalb County at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, a spokesman said.
DeKalb schools cancelled classes Friday because of the I-85 bridge collapse, so the outages might have some students sitting at home in the dark.
DeKalb was the only district in metro Atlanta to do so, which meant an early spring break for students. Many area districts are set to begin spring break Monday.
Original: A storm knocked out power Thursday night for more than 23,000 customers in DeKalb County.
As of 9:30 a.m. Friday, there were still 2,000 to 3,000 Georgia Power users without electricity, mostly near Stone Mountain and Lithonia, according to county spokesman Andrew Cauthen.
Georgia EMC spokeswoman Terri Statham reported more than 2,100 outages about 10 a.m. Friday. That’s about 63 percent of their meters.
Statham didn’t have the total number who lost power the night before.
Cauthen could not give an estimate for how long it’ll take to restore power.
County crews worked through the night to handle the 40 trees that fell.
DeKalb officials reported nearly three dozen downed trees Friday morning.
“We’re still getting calls,” Cauthen said.
Some live wires have not been addressed, and he cautioned people not to touch downed trees.
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