Crews working to restore power to 20,000 Georgians

ATLANTA - Power crews are working around the clock all throughout Georgia to try to restore power to the residents who remain in the dark. 

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Georgia Power says power has been restored to more than 325,000 customers since Friday afternoon, leaving fewer than 5,000 customers without power. While the Electric Membership Corporations of Georgia report about 19,000 outages early Monday morning, that's down from 149,000 on Saturday afternoon.

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Power officials said heavy snow and ice accumulation on lines can cause them to fall. In addition, tree limbs weighed down by frozen precipitation can cause those to break off, taking nearby power lines down at the same time.

Georgia's EMC has called in nearly 300 linemen and 50 right-of-way crews from Georgia and neighboring states to work until power is restored.

Officials warn if anyone sees a downed line to not approach it and call 911 immediately. Police are attributing at least one death to downed power lines and several FOX 5 viewers have sent in photos of sparking and flaming power lines.

Estimates were not available for restorations.

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