Georgia Power-related outages left about 5,346 Georgia customers without electricity Monday morning as scattered outages were reported statewide. The total was measured at 7:15 a.m., when the number represented roughly 0.1% of the more than 5.2 million customers being tracked across Georgia.
Vanessa Johns, a Trending Topics Reporter for the Deep South Connect Team Georgia, reported the outage total alongside the weather outlook that followed it. Forecasters expected additional rounds of rain and thunderstorms throughout the week, which kept the outage picture tied to the same unsettled stretch of weather.
National Weather Service in Atlanta
The National Weather Service in Atlanta said cooler and drier air moved into north Georgia to begin the week, while central Georgia stayed warm and humid with thunderstorm chances. The forecast update said, "The week starts with cooler temps in drier air in north Georgia and warm, humid air and thunderstorm chances in central Georgia."
That split mattered for readers tracking service interruptions because the conditions were not uniform across Georgia. A customer in north Georgia could face a different weather pattern than someone in central Georgia, even as the statewide outage count was reported as one number.
Terrell County in southwest Georgia
Several rural counties had the highest percentages of customers without electricity on Monday, and Terrell County in southwest Georgia led that group. The report did not give a full county-by-county list, but it did show that the outage problem was uneven even though the statewide total was modest compared with the customer base.
For customers watching their own local service, the most practical takeaway is that the statewide figure can hide harder-hit pockets. A small percentage across Georgia still leaves thousands of households without power, and the counties with the highest percentages were concentrated outside the larger population centers.
Georgia and the week ahead
Forecasters said temperatures were expected to trend cooler through the week as cloud cover increases and daily afternoon and evening rain and thunderstorm chances continue across much of the state. That keeps the outage risk linked to repeated rounds of weather rather than a single morning event.
For readers in Georgia, the immediate next step is simple: watch local conditions and expect more rain and storm chances as the week goes on. The outage count may stay small relative to the statewide total, but the mix of scattered service losses and repeated showers leaves the same question in front of affected customers — whether their area stays in the low-impact group or gets hit again later in the week.
