Hurricane Irma: These Roads Are Closed In DeKalb

DUNWOODY, GA -- DeKalb County began to feel the effects of the tropical-force winds blown by the remnants of Hurricane Irma on Monday evening. Several roads were closed and more than 30,000 residents in DeKalb were without power as wind gusts thrashed metro Atlanta. The inclement weather increased the risks of falling trees and strong wind gusts as the day wore on, officials said. Metro Atlanta will continue to feel the effects of the fast-moving storm until the sunshine returns Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

DeKalb has been under a tropical storm watch since Sunday afternoon due to the rapid northernly churn of Irma. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

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Here are the road closures for DeKalb::

• I-85 access road Northeast Expressway at Plaster Road to Johnson Circle
• North Peachtree Road at Savoy Drive to North Shallowford Road
• 755 Derrydown Way at E. College Avenue to Craigie Avenue
• Wawona Drive at Wawona Terrace to Buford Highway
• 432 Ohern Court at O'Reilly Lane to Oshea Lane
• 1972 Boulderview Dr. at Horseshoe Drive to Sahara Drive
• 1902 Canterbury St. at Glenvalley Drive to Northview Avenue

DeKalb firefighters were in the process Monday of putting additional emergency response units in service, officials said. The DeKalb government sent a message to residents to "shelter in place" as the weather deteriorated.

Also, the South Fork Peachtree Creek and the North Fork Peachtree Creek were expected to reach flood stage by Monday evening, DeKalb officials said.

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30,000 people without power in DeKalb

In addition to 30,000 people being in the dark in DeKalb, the county said that Georgia Power workers were actively assessing the situation. Wind gusts midday were around 35 miles per hour, with scattered power outages, DeKalb said.

Irma had weakened considerably by Monday afternoon, but was still dangerous, leaving a path of destruction from the Florida Keys right up to Atlanta's doorstep.

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Public safety officials in Miami were still assessing the damage as millions of people reported that their power was out in South Florida.

Tropical storm-force winds are expected to thrash Georgia and parts of metro Atlanta for much of Monday.

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