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Storm Overturns Four Planes, Two Hangars at Tara Field in Ga.
Posted: July 8th, 2008


Prisoners collect debris under the watchful eye of a guard at Tara Field airport across the road from Atlanta Motor Speedway early Thursday, July 7, 2005, after what a possible tornado tore through the area. Storms from the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy caused at least two deaths, along with high winds and heavy rain across much of west and northern Georgia on Wednesday.
AP Photo/Ric Feld



PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) -- Storms from the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy caused at least two deaths, along with high winds and heavy rain across much of west and northern Georgia on Wednesday.

The storm knocked down trees, damaged buildings and dumped more than 5 inches of rain in some places as it moved through the area, the National Weather Service said.

The National Weather Service posted flood watches for north and central Georgia into Thursday, and a flood watch in the northeast mountains through Thursday night.

In Peachtree City, an 18-year-old man drowned in a creek that flows into a lake, said Lt. Ron Mundy of the Peachtree City Fire Department. A dive team was still searching for the man's body Thursday morning, Mundy said.

In Douglas County, a woman was killed after her car hydroplaned on Interstate 20, crossed the grassy median and collided head-on with a sport utility vehicle, authorities said.

The Hampton area in Henry County was hit hard. Four planes were overturned and two hangars were damaged at Tara Field, fire officials said.

A building at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, which houses several condominiums on the top floors and administrative offices on the bottom floor, suffered severe damage, speedway President Ed Clark said.

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