UPDATE: Monday, March 17, 2025 @ 11:30 A.M.
Recovery efforts continue through much of the western portion of Georgia following the severe overnight storms from late Saturday and early Sunday morning.
Portions of Paulding, Douglas and Polk Counties experienced extreme wind gusts near 90 miles per hour in higher atmospheric readings before 1:00 a.m. Sunday, leaving many communites with heavily damaged properties from downed trees and power lines. Fortunately, no fatalities were reported in Georgia.
In northeast Georgia as of 11:00 a.m.Monday, all customers with Habersham EMC and Sawnee EMC were with power fully restored, while only about 25 customers with Jackson EMC, and about 50 with Blue Ridge EMC in Georgia were without power and utility services. Links to the utility providers in the area can be found in our original publication for this report.
Overnight storm conditions in Northeast Georgia caused power outages in various parts of the region, although the weather's impact was not as severe as some forecasters had predicted.
As of Sunday evening, Jackson EMC, Georgia Power and Habersham EMC were all reporting single-digit outages throughout their respective coverage areas.
In Hall County, Georgia Power reported a single outage on Gainesville's east side, which impacted only 5 customers in the area. As of 6 p.m., outages in Gwinnett, Habersham, Lumpkin, Rabun and White counties were mostly resolved, with fewer than 10 outages total in those areas.
Habersham EMC reported a single customer, located in White County, was without power in their coverage area.
Jackson EMC said the cooperative had a remainder of two total outages as of last report: one in Gwinnett County, the other in Jackson County.
Links to report power outages in your area can be found below:
Amicalola EMC - https://www.amicalolaemc.com/report-an-outage/
Blue Ridge Mountain EMC - https://www.brmemc.com/report-an-outage/
Georgia Power - https://www.georgiapower.com/
Habersham EMC - https://www.habershamemc.com/
Hart EMC - https://www.hartemc.com/outage-center/report-an-outage/
Jackson EMC - https://www.jacksonemc.com/
Sawnee EMC - https://sawnee.coop/
