LIVE UPDATES: More than 60K without power after heavy winds [Video]

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Wednesday marks a First Alert Weather Day as a large system swept in from the west, causing heavy rain and storms. A line of rain moved through the storms followed by heavy winds, knocking out power to more than 60,000 people in metro Atlanta.

The showers started to push into downtown Atlanta between 7 to 9 p.m., lasting until 8 a.m. Thursday.

>> FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Storms over; Cooler, windy today

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LIVE UPDATES:

12:22 AM | Sandy Springs Police is on the scene of multiple trees down. Abernathy Road (eastbound) between Williamson Drive and Glenridge Drive is blocked due to a tree across the roadway. Franklin Road at Kendall Court is blocked due to a tree across the roadway.

12:08 a.m. | The Dunwoody Police Department is reporting multiple trees down, including a tree on a home on Kings …