Tree toppled by storm kills 2 in metro Atlanta

Associated Press

ATLANTA

Authorities say storms blowing through metro Atlanta toppled a tree, killing two people in their truck, and knocked out power to about 200,000 customers statewide.

Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones said there were wires and trees down across the city Thursday night.

Jones said another tree toppled onto a UPS truck, catching it on fire.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported the storms knocked out power to nearly 25,000 in metro Atlanta.

Authorities said the stormy weather also led to delays of more than two hours for flights leaving Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

In storm-weary middle America, many people counted themselves lucky Thursday after powerful storms swept through the region for the third time in four days but apparently claimed no lives.

Dozens of people were injured, mobile homes were flipped and roofs were torn off houses when tornadoes and thunderstorms hit Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and other states Wednesday evening.