Georgia Power assessing damage, restoring power following severe thunderstorms Majority of outages in metro Atlanta counties due to fallen trees and downed power lines Company reminds customers to focus on safety through overnight hours News provided by Share this article Share this article ATLANTA, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As severe weather continues across the state, Georgia Power crews are assessing damage and working to restore power to customers impacted. Severe storms continue to produce high winds, heavy rain and lightning that have led to fallen trees, downed power lines and scattered service interruptions. Damage includes broken poles, damaged transformers and numerous spans of wire down.