Downed tree knocks out power in southwest Atlanta

But first, the neighborhood in southwest Atlanta in the dark tonight after tree falls on top of power lines and a transformer all during the storms we saw earlier this evening. Thanks for sticking with us for Fox five news to 10. I'm eric Perry. This happened on Selwyn Avenue in southwest Atlanta and Fox fives. Larry Sproul is live in that neighborhood. Larry, you're talking with neighbors there and we see that tree behind you. Good evening eric. This entire neighborhood is without power. That's because of this large tree right behind me. Take a look right over here at the roots. It was literally ripped out of the ground. This tree landed and blocked this entire road right over here and landed on those power lines and that transformer right behind me. Now I spoke with one neighbor. She tells me that she just got home around six in the afternoon. She turned on the lights and she heard a large boom and then she walked outside and saw this. Take a listen. Oh sir, listen, it was raining, the wind was blowing. I went into my house to turn on my lights and I came out and I noticed that my backlight went on. I said, no, I'd put the backlight on. I went in the house, came out and I said, oh my God, I can't even get out. It happened so fast and I asked my neighbor across the street, I said, are you okay? She has two small kids. She said, yes, I'm okay. And um I looked over to my cousin's house and on the line is this tree on our lines and the lights went out. But I'm thankful that I call my aunt say call channel five. I said, oh yeah, I need to call them. I'm grateful that you all came and I talked to you on the phone and you came right away. Now, the good news is no one was hurt in all of this and I did reach out to Georgia power. They tell me they are aware of this tree and this power out in this neighborhood. Now, I did ask them for an estimate and when it comes to getting the power turned back on, they said they did not know at this very moment because they are working several parts of the city, but they will be working around the clock to make sure that this neighborhood and the power is turned back on as soon as possible. We're live in southwest atlanta tonight. I'm larry Sproul Fox five news. We're grateful she reached out to us. So many people in the dark tonight. Larry Sproul, thanks so much. Those storms also passed through was well this evening, leaving a trail of destruction behind there. You can look at some of these photos here is fallen tree on Addison drive damage to a fence surrounding the yard. Roswell fire responding to the area and have reported no one was hurt. I do think that's the good news here tonight. Trees going down across the metro, but no injuries to report tonight.