MACON, Ga. — Severe weather is made its way through Central Georgia this afternoon.
Here is a look at the information we are receiving as it comes into our newsroom.
The information in this story can change as the night moves forward.
Schools:
Treutlen School School District has announced that their schools will have a delayed start Wednesday morning. Staff are required to report to school at 8:30 a.m. and students are expected to report at 9:00 a.m.
But considering "the unknown time needed to restore the electricity throughout much of the county," if there are any changes to the start times tomorrow morning, they will make that announcement by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow.
Buses will run and routes will not begin until 7:30 a.m., according to the Treulten County School District. SECCA students will be excused because they will not attend class tomorrow, according to the Treutlen County School District's Facebook post.
You can find more details and any further announcements on the Treulten County Schol District Facebook page.
Damage:
Here is what local emergency management agencies are telling us about the damage on the ground.
Laurens County:
Laurens County EMA Director Bill Laird says trees and power lines are down scattered across the county.
In many of the cases, Laird says that they are waiting on the power companies to handle them.
Some roads are also closed.
Hillbridge Road before Highway 257 is not passable, and Vernon Woodard Road at Dewey Mimbs is also not passable.
According to Laird, they received 43 calls about downed trees and wires during the course of the storm.
Houston County:
Houston County is reporting a significant amount of damage.
Sandy Run Road is closed. They say that trees and power lines are down and that it is dangerous to head that way.
There have been some houses that got damaged by trees, they say.
According to Houston County officials, there is damage in Kathleen, Bonair, Perry and Warner Robins.
In areas where trees are down, crews are working to address the situation.
Peach County:
Peach County Fire Chief Jeff Doles says that several trees are down and crews are out working to address the situation. There is damage in multiple areas but it is not that major.
Baldwin County:
Baldwin County's EMA Director Wayne Johnson says that rain has been light in their area, and that the rain has been light. They haven't seen the same damage and winds that other counties are reporting.
Caller reports:
As of 5:15, Mary Jackson called our newsroom saying that there is no power and it is hailing in southern Fort Valley.
Tony C Price Sr in Warner Robins is reporting damage on Bromley Way. He says a tree split and it barely missed a nearby home.
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Power outages:
The storm has taken out power in a number of areas of Central Georgia.
As of 7:49 p.m., Georgia Power is reporting 1,087 customers without power in Macon County, which is down 1,933 from earlier tonight.
Over in Houston County, 355 customers are without power as of 7:49 p.m., which is down from 1,846 customers at 6:10 p.m. And in Bibb, 464 customers are without power, which is down from 519. That is according to the Georgia Power outage map.
In Treutlen County, 1424 Georgia Power customers are without power as of 7:46 p.m.. In Laurens County, 487 customers are without power. 132 customers are without power in Telfair, 111 customers in Dodge and 270 customers in Taylor County.
Flint Energies is also reporting widespread outages in some Central Georgia counties.
According to their outage map, 33.9% of their customers in Macon County are without power as of 7 pm p.m., and 5.7% of customers in Crawford County are also without power. That is down from 21.5% from earlier in the evening.
Over in Peach County, 9.1% of Flint Energies customers are without power at around 7 p.m., which is down from 12.3% as of 6:13 p.m.