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Cleaning Up After the Storm

Several Peachtree Corners neighborhoods were hit by Tuesday night's storm including Neely Farm and Spalding Corners.

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A summer storm roared through Peachtree Corners Tuesday, (July 10, 2012) around 7 p.m. downing trees and knocking out electricity to several thousand homes in the area. A number of trees in the Spalding Corners and Neely Farm subdivisions were felled by the storm's high winds.
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The storm that blew through Peachtree Corners Tuesday night left a path of destruction in its wake with downed trees and lost power for a number of homeowners in the area.

Particularly hard hit were the subdivisions of Spalding Corners and Neely Farm. A ride through the two neighborhoods the next day shows some of the damage that the storm created.

While Tuesday night the skies were filled with the crack of thunder, pounding rain and wind whipping through trees, Wednesday morning the sounds were replaced with gas-powered chainsaws and the grind of heavy-duty chippers.

Dump trucks and other heavy equipment filled the streets of the two subdivisions as work crew decended on the neighborhood streets to remove fallen trees.

The good news in all of the destruction was that there were no injuries according to the Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Service spokesman.

We took a ride through the two neighborhoods and snapped a few photos of the damage we saw. Did you lose a tree or two to last night's storm?

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Related Topics: Peachtree Corners storm damage

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Judy Putnam

10:11 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Homeowners are responsible for cleaning up their own property and Gwinnett County will clean up any fallen trees and debris that are in the public right-of-way.

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Cathy Freeman

11:38 am on Thursday, July 12, 2012

Thanks for this update! And thanks to the Patch for keeping us informed on Peachtree Corners news.

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