Photos: Atlanta storms from Hurricane Zeta

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Metro Atlanta and north Georgia saw heavy rains, gusting winds, fallen trees and power outages Thursday, Oct. 29, from the remnants of Hurricane Zeta. See photos from the metro Atlanta area during and after the storms.

October 29, 2020 Atlanta: Atlanta fire crews worked for about 40 minutes to free a man trapped in his third-floor bedroom after a tree came crashing down on a home on Brookdale Drive in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Rain bands and damaging winds from Tropical Storm Zeta swept through North Georgia on Thursday morning, leaving at least one person dead and nearly 1 million in the dark. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

City of Atlanta crews worked at removing a large tree that fell across westbound I-20 near Langhorn Street that blocked all lanes for a time on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Rain bands and damaging winds from Tropical Storm Zeta swept through North Georgia on Thursday morning, leaving at least one person dead and nearly 1 million in the dark. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

October 29, 2020 Atlanta: A large tree fell across West Wesley Road and Habersham Road where it remained closed most of the day Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Rain bands and damaging winds from Tropical Storm Zeta swept through North Georgia on Thursday morning, leaving at least one person dead and nearly 1 million in the dark. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

A tree fell on a vehicle along Ga. 372 outside of Ball Ground when damaging winds from Tropical Storm Zeta swept through the area Thursday.

October 29, 2020 Atlanta: Homeowner Steven Schuerman (left) evaluates the damage after his tree fell on Jennifer and Darrell Winfrey’s truck (right) in the 2300 block of Beecher Road in Southwest Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Rain bands and damaging winds from Tropical Storm Zeta swept through North Georgia on Thursday morning, leaving at least one person dead and nearly 1 million in the dark. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

Alicia Martinez stands in the trailer of her grandmother, Florida Martinez, where a man was killed by a fallen tree at around 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, 2020, at East Gate Mobile Home Park in Acworth, Georgia. According to Martinez, the victim of the accident had been renting a room from her grandmother for only a few weeks. Strong gusts from Hurricane Zeta caused the fatal tree fall, and brought down power lines and trees throughout north Georgia. CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

William Holden (right) and James Duffy (left) look at the damage on the trailer where a man was killed by a fallen tree at around 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, 2020, at East Gate Mobile Home Park in Acworth, Georgia. According to Alicia Martinez, granddaughter of the renter of the trailer, Florida Martinez, the victim of the accident had been renting a room from her grandmother for only a few weeks. Strong gusts from Hurricane Zeta caused the fatal tree fall, and brought down power lines and trees throughout north Georgia. CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION.

Decatur Cemetery was calm after Tropical Storm Zeta swept through. It seems to have escaped with only the loss of minor branches and autumnal debris. And the sun began to peek through the clouds at around 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning, Oct. 29, 2020.

10/29/20 - Roswell, GA - South Atlanta road just north of the Chattahoochee River. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal Constitution

10/29/20 - Roswell, GA - Holcomb Bridge Road traffic due to power and street lights being out: Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal Constitution

October 29, 2020 Alpharetta - Contractors Sergio Davila (right) and his son Sergio Davila Jr. install a plastic tarp on the damaged roof by a fallen tree in Alpharetta after Tropical Storm Zeta swept through early Thursday leaving thousands of households without power on Thursday, October 29, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

October 29, 2020 Alpharetta - Contractors Sergio Davila (left) and his son Sergio Davila Jr. install a plastic tarp on the damaged roof by a fallen tree in Alpharetta after Tropical Storm Zeta swept through early Thursday leaving thousands of households without power on Thursday, October 29, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

October 29, 2020 Alpharetta - AT&T crew work on restoring service on Charlotte Drive in Alpharetta after Tropical Storm Zeta swept through early Thursday leaving thousands of households without power on Thursday, October 29, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

A homeowner surveys the damage to her Decatur house after a large tree fell through the roof Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Tropical Storm Zeta swept through Georgia. At least one death has been attributed to the fast-moving storm which downed trees, cut power and suspended early voting in some areas of Atlanta and North Georgia. (Erik S. Lesser / European Press Association)

A homeowner surveys the damage to Decatur her house Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Tropical Storm Zeta swept through Georgia. At least one death has been attributed to the fast-moving storm which downed trees, cut power and suspended early voting in some areas of Atlanta and North Georgia. (Erik S. Lesser / European Press Association)

A homeowner avoids downed electrical power lines Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, after Tropical Storm Zeta swept through Georgia. At least one death has been attributed to the fast-moving storm which downed trees, cut power and suspended early voting in some areas of Atlanta and North Georgia. (Erik S. Lesser / European Press Association)

East Cobb in Marietta: Pine Mountain Drive and Sycamore Lane (Photo by Rich Barak / AJC)

Flat Shoals Road near Maynard Terrace in East Atlanta (Photo by Yvonne Zusel / AJC

Oakview Road in Decatur. Power was out for 1,000 in the Oakhurst neighborhood. (Photo by James Salzer / AJCJ

On Old Powers Ferry in Sandy Springs, a falling tree also brought down some utility lines. (Photo by Bailey Johnson / AJC)

A fallen tree in a Roswell neighborhood. (Photo by Todd C. Duncan / AJC )

A crew from the city of Roswell stopped traffic on Coleman Road because of downed power lines. (Photo by Todd C. Duncan / AJC)

A fallen tree on Lake Drive in Gwinnett County. (Photo by Vanessa McCray / AJC)

A tilting tree and downed power line on Sewell Mill Road near Johnson Ferry Road in east Cobb. (Photo by Rich Danielson / for the AJC )

A Georgia Power crew making repairs about 9 a.m. Thursday on Lake Drive in Gwinnett County. (Photo by Vanessa McCray / AJC)

A tree blocks East Ponce de Leon in Decatur, cutting power to neighborhoods east of downtown. (Photo by Ken Foskett / AJC)

A large tree fell on a house on Womack Road in Dunwoody early Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, as the remnants of Hurricane Zeta swept through Georgia. (Photo by J. Scott Trubey/strubey@ajc.com)

October 29, 2020 Atlanta: A car ran into a tree in the 1100 block of Peachtree Battle in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 where Jim Smith and dog, Scruffy checked to see if everything was okay. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

This tree fell away from nearby vehicles in the Lake Washington subdivision off Sever Road in Lawrenceville.

10/29/20 - Buford - Two adults were found dead in their bed Thursday afternoon in Gwinnett County after a tree landed on their home, according to police and firefighters. The deaths were reported in the 500 block of Garner Street, near Buford, police said. It was not immediately known when the two were killed. Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.shin@ajc.com

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October 29, 2020 Atlanta: Atlanta fire crews worked for about 40 minutes to free a man trapped in his third-floor bedroom after a tree came crashing down on a home on Brookdale Drive in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Rain bands and damaging winds from Tropical Storm Zeta swept through North Georgia on Thursday morning, leaving at least one person dead and nearly 1 million in the dark. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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