Wieuca Road Open to Traffic

Wieuca Road was open to traffic Wednesday afternoon after a city crew removed trees that had been blocking the major artery since the storm Monday night.

A crew from the city of Atlanta Forestry Division cleared one tree that completely blocked the road at Whittington Drive, close to the Sarah Smith Elementary School's Intermediate Campus. They also cleared two trees, one of them blocking one lane farther down Wieuca.

Jeff Stanley of the city's Forestry Division said the large white pine that fell across Wieuca at Whittington fell upon mainly cable and telephone lines. Major power lines on the other side of Wieuca were not hit, he said.

Ga. Power crews were working to restore electricity in the area. At 4 p.m., the utility said 9,000 remained without power in metro Atlanta, with the majority to be restored by midnight Thursday.

An Emma Lane resident said Wednesday afternoon that her street and adjacent Stephens Mill and Lakemoore had been without power since Monday night. Electricity was restored briefly Tuesday morning, but went out again Tuesday afternoon, she said.