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This is a tornado watch. we even had a tornado warning inside the perimeter of atlanta, downtown atlanta. so tornadoes are going to be possible. we haven't seen as many as we typically do, but that's a good deal. but because we still have the core, even though we've lost the eye, the core winds around this are still sustained at 90 miles per hour. so as that moves to the north, we can expect wind gusts maybe up to 110. again, it's going to continue to lose strength, but even though it's a category 1, that circulation, anderson, has to be coupled with its forward movement. so, again, power outa...

They won't be for probably the next little bit until those winds calm down. obviously, they are getting calls in this time. they're going to respond to them, but not until they say that it is safe to do so. also, there are power outages. widespread. more than 7,000 customers in this county, alone, without power. you can bet there's a whole heck of a lot more than that across the state of georgia. and elsewhere as well. the good news is that there are out of state power utility companies and services that have come in to help to try to get the power reconnected as soon as this is over, but that...

Your family are doing okay. i'm sorry about your brother's house and your neighbors. i wish you, you know, to continue to stay safe and let's hope it gets cleaned up quickly. thanks so much for speaking with us. >> okay. you're welcome. >> patricia mulligan. as we said, the storm is now hitting southern georgia hard. i want to go to cnn's scott mclean in albany, georgia, 100 miles north of tallahassee. so, scott, describe conditions where you are. >> reporter: hey, anderson. so we're really starting to see and feel the worst of it. the wind is whipping up. the rain continues to come down in sh...

>> at this point, how do people reach out to you? you talked about your facebook page. are you getting calls? obviously land lines for a lot of people are out. i'm not sure, are cell towers still up? >> so, we're getting calls from people that have evacuated that have friends that stayed and they're giving addresses. our facebook is up. it's united cajun navy is the facebook page you want to go to. submit the request. we have a dispatch team of about 20 people that are logging in dispatches. when i was speaking with our dispatch lead about ten minutes ago, we feel right now that there's over a...

Deal. but because we still have the core, even though we've lost the eye, the core winds around this are still sustained at 90 miles per hour. so as that moves to the north, we can expect wind gusts maybe up to 110. again, it's going to continue to lose strength, but even though it's a category 1, that circulation, anderson, has to be coupled with its forward movement. so, again, power outages and downed trees are going to be the big factor. this was a storm that was predicted to drop up to 10 and 12 inches of rainfall and that really wasn't a big concern because of all the other life-threaten...