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• A tree limb lies over a school bus parked in a yard across from the former Vereen Memorial Hospital site on South Main Street Tuesday. Powerful thunderstorms roared through Colquitt County early Tuesday morning, toppling a number of trees and causing power outages throughout the county. John Oxford

  

• Doerun city utility workers work on electric lines on Green Street Tuesday morning. Power went out in the city before 3 a.m. Tuesday when a Georgia Power transmission line was damaged. It was restored to most of the town by late afternoon. The storm also damaged a radio tower that provides communications for firefighters and Doerun Police Department. Alan Mauldin

  

• A large tree lies on its side in a yard along South Main Street near the Lower Meigs Road intersection Tuesday. Powerful storms came through Colquitt County early Tuesday morning, knocking out power to several residents and toppling a number of trees and limbs. John Oxford

  

• Jessica Rollins writes: "This tree came down almost as soon as the storm hit this morning, narrowly missing the house (and the room I was sleeping in). It's located on Baskins Road, Lakeland, Ga." Jessica O'Connor Rollins

  

• The residence of Steve and Denise Flores on Causey Road in Moultrie can be seen between the branches of a tree that fell in Tuesday morning's storm. Please send your storm photos to The Observer at kevin.hall@gaflnews.com. Denise Flores

  

• A large tree limb lies across the road and across power lines on Indian Lake Drive Tuesday. A severe thunderstorm came through Colquitt County early Tuesday morning, causing widespread damage and knocking out power to several residents. Two people were killed related to the storm. Laurie Floyd

  

• A utility pole and lines sit along Indian Lake Drive as debris from a house covers a yard Tuesday. A severe thunderstorm came through Colquitt County early Tuesday morning, causing a significant amount of damage and knocking out power to several residents. Two people were killed related to the storm. Laurie Floyd

  

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April 5, 2011

See photos from Tuesday's storms

Anonymous The Moultrie Observer The Moultrie Observer Tue Apr 05, 2011, 10:45 PM EDT

MOULTRIE — Observer photographers and residents with digital cameras provide a look at the damage wreaked by the Tuesday morning storms.

See also the related stories, "Storms claim two lives here" and "Weather service blames straight-line winds for damage."

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