Tuesday storm brings torrential rainfall, cuts power to hundreds of area households

ALBANY — A Tuesday evening storm in the Albany area brought heavy rain, caused power outages of up to five hours and caused some traffic delays from downed trees, but no severe damage was reported by Dougherty County and Albany officials.

“Low-lying areas had some flooding,” Assistant Albany Fire Chief Rubin Jordan said.

Flooding was reported along the 2500 block of Whispering Pines Road, the 1100 block of Don Cutler Sr. Drive, the 100 block of Collins Street, the 400 block of Redbud Road, the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Campbell Street, the 200 block of West Tift Avenue, the 2500 block of Bettys Drive and the 1500 block of Malone Drive in Albany and Dougherty County.

Downed trees temporarily blocked traffic at North County Line Road and Sylvester Highway and on the 5800 block of Old Dawson Road, and a power outage affected a traffic light at the intersection of Ledo Road and Nottingham Way, officials reported.

The power also affected electric customers in that area, and another power outage was reported in the 200 block of West Tift Avenue. About 141 Albany Utilities customers had power out from about 6:34 p.m.-11:32 p.m., and some 200 households in the Ledo Road/Nottingham Way area had power out for three to four hours, officials said.

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