Thousands of Fulton County residents were left without power as severe storms rolled through metro Atlanta early Sunday morning, according to the Georgia Power outage map. 2,583 customers are experiencing power outages as of 9:55 a.

NewsChopper 2 gave viewers a first-hand look at the storm damage across metro Atlanta. A video was posted from a home on Dandy Road in Paulding County, where a tree fell on a house. The storm also caused major damage on the next street, where three trees fell on another home.

Several counties across metro Atlanta are opening emergency storm shelters ahead of severe storms moving in overnight. Severe Weather Team 2 has been tracking severe storms with the potential for strong tornadoes and damaging winds across north Georgia for several days and telling people to identify their safe place.