Tornado hits downtown (Gallery 2)

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Tornado hits downtown (Gallery 2)

Tornado hits downtown Atlanta, damaging homes and notable landmarks like CNN, Georgia Dome and Georgia World Congress Center.

Buildings and cars sit damaged near Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday morning, after a tornado hit the city on Friday night.

Onlookers walk passed a destroyed facade near Philips Arena on Saturday morning.

A guest at the Omni Hotel peers out from a damaged window on Saturday morning.

Against the backdrop of broken glass at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Dan Patterson of Woodstock tries to make a phone call on Saturday morning.

A bellman makes his way down Marietta Street in front of the Omni Hotel on Saturday morning.

Damage was extensive around the area of Centennial Olympic Park.

Several windows were blown out at CNN Center in downtown Atlanta.

Another view of the damage downtown.

Damage in the registration area of the Georgia World Congress Center.

Employees at the Omni Hotel are framed by broken glass windows in downtown Atlanta.

Georgia World Congress Center security officials survey the scene.

Winds ripped through downtown Atlanta.

A lightning strike lit up the downtown sky.

A large billboard is knocked down by Friday night's downtown tornado.

A security officer leaves the registration area of the Georgia World Congress Center.

Gov. Sonny Perdue tours the Georgia World Congress Center on Sunday to survey damage caused by Friday night's tornado.

Perdue (right) and GWCC Authority Director Dan Graveline stops in a ballroom missing a roof.

Perdue steps over broken glass during the tour.

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Buildings and cars sit damaged near Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday morning, after a tornado hit the city on Friday night.

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