Georgia Power encourages customers to take action during National Hurricane Preparedness Week
Company highlights important safety information and resources to help customers prepare for upcoming hurricane season
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ATLANTA, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Georgia Power is encouraging its 2.6 million customers to prepare for the upcoming Atlantic Hurricane Season and is partnering with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) to promote National Hurricane Preparedness Week, which runs May 9-15.
Georgia Power reminds customers to keep safety first during hurricane season, which begins June 1 and runs through November 30, and take time now to ready themselves, their homes and family. The company offers the following tips to help keep customers safe ahead of an emergency:
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ATLANTA, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Georgia Power is encouraging its 2.6 million customers to prepare for the upcoming Atlantic Hurricane Season and is partnering with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) to promote National Hurricane Preparedness Week, which runs May 9-15.
Georgia Power reminds customers to keep safety first during hurricane season, which begins June 1 and runs through November 30, and take time now to ready themselves, their homes and family. The company offers the following tips to help keep customers safe ahead of an emergency:
Build an emergency kit - Gather supplies that will last for several days for everyone living in your home. Don t forget to consider the unique needs each person or pet may have in case you have to evacuate quickly. Check out Georgia Power s video about the supplies to collect to build and maintain a robust emergency kit.
ATLANTA –As waves of severe weather continue to cross the state, Georgia Power crews are facing recurring damage from high winds, heavy rain, lightning and tornadoes that have led to fallen trees, damaged equipment and downed power lines. As of late afternoon, crews were in the field working to restore power to approximately 8,000 customers impacted by the storms.
As crews work to assess damage and make repairs, they are finding broken poles, broken wire, damage caused by lightning strikes and limbs on lines. Crew have been forced to find shelter with worsening weather. Customers may follow @GeorgiaPower on Twitter and at www.GeorgiaPower.com/Storm for storm tips, information about restoration efforts, customer service and more.
Georgia Power continues to assess damage and restore power as storms cross through the state
Majority of outages in metro Atlanta counties due to fallen trees and downed power lines
Company reminds customers to focus on safety as the forecast calls for additional severe weather through tomorrow
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ATLANTA, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ After severe weather continues to cross through 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 reported tornadoes that have led to fallen trees and downed power lines. Damage includes broken poles, damaged transformers and spans of wire down.
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ATLANTA, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ As waves of severe weather continue to cross the state, Georgia Power crews have faced recurring damage from high winds, heavy rain, lightning and tornadoes that have led to fallen trees, damaged equipment and downed power lines. As of late-afternoon, crews are in the field working to restore power to approximately 8,000 customers currently impacted by the storms.
As crews work to assess damage and make repairs while safe to do so between storms, they are finding broken poles, multiple spans of broken wire, damage caused by lightning strikes and limbs on lines. As crews work to restore power, they must stop and find shelter when new storms that include high winds and lightning make continued work unsafe. Customers should follow @GeorgiaPower on Twitter and at www.GeorgiaPower.com/Storm for storm tips, information about restoration efforts, customer service and more.