AJC Photos: Georgia tornadoes and storms April 13, 2020

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Photos: Tornadoes, violent storms rip through Georgia

Powerful storms ripped through North Georgia overnight on April 13, killing at least eight people in the state and leaving thousands in the dark. Photos from Murray County, Chattooga County, Thomaston and metro Atlanta, including south Fulton County and East Point.

April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: Randy Shoemaker embraces his son Conner, 6, after the family survived a deadly tornado that killed at least 7 in Murray County on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth. Shoemaker, his wife Kimberly, son Conner, and daughter Isabella, 4, survived by covering themselves with mattresses in the bathroom of their mobile home while the roof was lifted off and the rest of the trailer flattened. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: A man that survived a deadly tornado that killed at least 7 in Murray County rescues a cat at the LC 2155 Mobile Home Park on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

04/13/2020 - Union City, Georgia - Georgia Power crews work to repair power lines along Highpoint Road after strong winds from a powerful storm left neighborhoods in the dark in Union City, Monday, April 13, 2020. The widespread storms produced possible tornadoes in Chattooga County in northwest Georgia and south Fulton County in metro Atlanta, as well as Putnam and Upson counties to the south. The National Weather Service is still working to confirm those reports and identify storm tracks. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

04/13/2020 - Union City, Georgia - A flagman with Traffic Troopers, Inc. directs the flow of traffic along Highpoint Road as Georgia Power crews works to repair power lines that were damaged during a powerful storm in Union City, Monday, April 13, 2020. \(ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

04/13/2020 - Union City, Georgia - Union City resident Eldern Jones chops up a pine tree that fell on his mother and aunts property, located on Highpoint Road, in Union City, Monday, April 13, 2020. Jones says he's been working to cut lumber since the 1990's. Jones is his mother and aunt's neighbor and says he heard the tree fall Monday morning. The family is thankful the tree fell in the street opposed to the family's house. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

04/13/2020 - Union City, Georgia - Traffic lights hang without electricity as a Union City Police Officer directs traffic at the intersection of South Fulton Parkway and Stonewall Tell Road in Union City, Monday, April 13, 2020. Kendall Vegetation Services and Georgia Power crews were working behind the officer to cut down a Red Oak tree and restore the electricity. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

04/13/2020 - Union City, Georgia - Kendall Vegetation Services trimmer Johnny McDowell (left) assists groundsman Donald Sparks (center) as he works to untangle a rope that was used to pull down part of a damaged Red Oak tree trunk in Union City, Monday, April 13, 2020. Cleanup and damage assessment are underway Monday after powerful storms ripped through North Georgia overnight, killing at least six people in the state and leaving thousands in the dark. The widespread storms produced possible tornadoes in Chattooga County in northwest Georgia and south Fulton County in metro Atlanta, as well as Putnam and Upson counties to the south. The National Weather Service is still working to confirm those reports and identify storm tracks. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

04/13/2020 - Union City, Georgia - Kendall Vegetation Services trimmer Johnny McDowell works to cut down a Red Oak tree that was damaged during a powerful storm in Union City, Monday, April 13, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

April 13, 2020 East Point: Monique Best took pictures with her phone of her car buried under a tree that fell in the Lexington Apartments where she lives on Monday, April 13, 2020 after overnight storms blew through East Point. Best drives as an Uber driver for a living. Cleanup and damage assessment are underway Monday after powerful storms ripped through North Georgia overnight, killing at least six people in the state and leaving thousands in the dark. Cleanup and damage assessment are underway Monday after powerful storms ripped through North Georgia overnight, killing at least six people in the state and leaving thousands in the dark. The widespread storms produced possible tornadoes in Chattooga County in northwest Georgia and south Fulton County in metro Atlanta, as well as Putnam and Upson counties to the south. The National Weather Service is still working to confirm those reports and identify storm tracks. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

April 13, 2020 East Point: Monique A tree fell across the front of a home in the 4200 block of Washington Road on Monday, April 13, 2020 after overnight storms blew through East Point leaving some damage to the home. Best drives as an Uber driver for a living. Cleanup and damage assessment are underway Monday after powerful storms ripped through North Georgia overnight, killing at least six people in the state and leaving thousands in the dark. Cleanup and damage assessment are underway Monday after powerful storms ripped through North Georgia overnight, killing at least six people in the state and leaving thousands in the dark. The widespread storms produced possible tornadoes in Chattooga County in northwest Georgia and south Fulton County in metro Atlanta, as well as Putnam and Upson counties to the south. The National Weather Service is still working to confirm those reports and identify storm tracks. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

12.04.20 Shopping carts were thrown across the parking lot of a Walmart store in Trion after a tornado came through the community. A string of severe weather rolled across northwest Georgia overnight leaving flooding and reports of wind and tornado damage. Photo by Matthew McConnell

13.04.20 A tree is uprooted taking down power lines after a tornado ripped through Chatooga county. Photo by Matthew McConnell

13.04.20 Roof shingles and other debris scattered in front yards after a tornado ripped through Chatooga county. Photo by Matthew McConnell

13.04.20 A roof turbine vent sits in a front yard after a tornado ripped through Chatooga county. Photo by Matthew McConnell

13.04.20 Debris from neighboring houses lands in a back yard after a tornado ripped through Chatooga county. Photo by Matthew McConnell

13.04.20 Trees fall over the railroad track along with debris from nearby houses after a tornado ripped through Chatooga county. Photo by Matthew McConnell

13.04.20 Debris from neighboring houses is caught in downed trees after a tornado ripped through Chatooga county. Photo by Matthew McConnell

`13.04.20 Debris from neighboring houses is caught in downed trees and sheds blown away after a tornado ripped through Chatooga county. Photo by Matthew McConnell

13.04.20 The roof of a mobile home was ripped off after a tornado ripped through Chatooga county. Photo by Matthew McConnell

Richmond Heights Fire department Assistant fire Chief Alan Yarbrough cleans up Trinity Road after a house was pushed to the side of the road in the aftermath of a Monday night Tornado in Thomaston, GA. April 13, 2020 STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Buch McDaniel sits in from of his tornado-damaged Trinity Road home in Thomaston, GA. Monday, April 13, 2020. McDaniel said he and his wife barely made it to their safe room before the tornado severely damaged their house. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Paul Lewis helps to clear downed trees after a tornado damaged homes and property along Trinity Road in Thomaston, GA. Monday, April 13, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

People clean up after a tornado damaged homes and property along Trinity Road in Thomaston, GA. Monday, April 13, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Personal items sit in front of what's left of a house that was damaged during Monday nights tornado on Trinity Road in Thomaston, GA. Monday, April 13, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Rodney Tigner takes a photograph of the Tornado damage in Thomaston GA, where a house was picked up and dropped in the middle of Trinity Road Monday, April 13, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: Gov. Brian Kemp departs after thanking first responders while touring the scene of a deadly tornado that killed at least 7 in Murray County on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth.

April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: A woman who declined to be identified rescues her dog in the Deer Park trailer park where a deadly tornado killed at least 7 in Murray County on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: A childâs teddy bear lays in a cul-de-sac at Deer Park trailer park where all the trailers were leveled in a deadly tornado that killed at least 7 in Murray County on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: All that remains of most of the trailers in the Deer Park trailer park is scattered debris where a deadly tornado killed at least 7 in Murray County on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: Justin Tallent salvages what he can from the remains of his cousinâs trailer in the Deer Park trailer park where a deadly tornado killed at least 7 in Murray County on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: Justin Tallent (left) salvages photographs from the remains of his cousinâs trailer in the Deer Park trailer park while James Bailey mans a chain saw after a deadly tornado killed at least 7 in Murray County on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: Survivors and family friends dig through the remains of Deer Park trailer park after a deadly tornado killed at least 7 in Murray County on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: Survivors dig through the remains of their home in Deer Park trailer park after a deadly tornado killed at least 7 in Murray County on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: Chris Watson salvages a heart shaped sign with the names of his grandchildren on it from the rubble of his trailer in the Deer Park trailer park after he survived a deadly tornado that killed at least 7 in Murray County on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: Randy & Kimberly Shoemaker and their children Conner, 6, and Isabella, 4, salvage items after the family survived a deadly tornado that killed at least 7 in Murray County on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth. The Shoemakers survived by covering themselves with mattresses in the bathroom of their mobile home and praying while the roof was lifted off and the rest of the trailer flattened. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

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April 13, 2020 Chatsworth: Randy Shoemaker embraces his son Conner, 6, after the family survived a deadly tornado that killed at least 7 in Murray County on Monday, April 12, 2020, in Chatsworth. Shoemaker, his wife Kimberly, son Conner, and daughter Isabella, 4, survived by covering themselves with mattresses in the bathroom of their mobile home while the roof was lifted off and the rest of the trailer flattened. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

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