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Severe Weather Rips Cherokee County
(WSB Radio) Severe weather ripped through areas of metro Atlanta, causing damage and at least one injury.
In Woodstock, in Cherokee County, there are at least a dozen homes damaged, with at least three completely destroyed. Authorities are still trying to determine whether it was a tornado or high winds.
At the Coleman's Bluff subdivision, the entrance is blocked by felled trees and first responders are going door-to-door to check on residents.
One storm chaser, talking to WSB, says he followed the storms from Kennesaw to Holly Springs and he believes the storm was a tornado.
A child was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Police say the child was in a home that was damaged when a falling tree took down the roof of the house. The child suffered cuts and bruises and got insulation in the eyes.
The National Weather Service received several reports of possible tornadoes and funnel clouds late Sunday and early Monday, but no touchdowns had yet been reported.
Emergency officials in Columbus say two people were trapped, but uninjured, after a tree fell onto the building late Sunday. Trees and power lines across the area were knocked down.
Tornado watches and warnings were issued for much of Mississippi, Alabama and northern Georgia as the line of severe storms brought high winds, hail and heavy rains.
Rain likelyHighs: 45 Lows 23-27
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