A powerful

storm system rumbled through the south metro area Wednesday night and

left in its wake tumbled trees, downed power lines and children with a

day off from school.

Most of the

damage occurred in the eastern Coweta County area, according to Coweta

County Public Information officer Tom Corker.

"Lower

Fayetteville Road, Lora Smith Road and Sharpsburg were really pounded,"

Corker said.

morning, all of the county's public works crews were busy trying to remove

trees from roadways to clear the county's busy transportation corridors.

Only two roads

were closed to traffic early Thursday. Public Works officials said Herry

Road, off Ga. Highway 34 West was closed due to failure of the road. Bell

Springs Road, a dirt road running between Standing Rock Road and Gary

Summers Road was closed due to water damage as well. Crews were working

on both of the roads Thursday in order to reopen the roads as quickly

as possible.

Corker reminds

residents that Coweta County work crews can only clean up debris from

county road rights-of-way.

"Homeowners

are responsible for clean up of any damage/debris on their property,"

he added.

Corker also

said the county will accept storm debris free of charge at the C&D

landfill/transfer station site on Essie Mae Walker Road for the next two

weeks.

Coweta County

schools were also closed Thursday after the storm caused power outages

at East Coweta High School, Willis Road Elementary, Poplar Road Elementary

and Newnan Crossing Elementary.

School system

public information officer Dean Jackson said none of the system's schools

suffered any damage, except for debris in the parking lot.

As of 10:30

a.m. yesterday, some roads were still being cleared. Power had been restored

late in the morning to East Coweta High School, Newnan Crossing Elementary

School and Poplar Road Elementary School, but was still off at Willis

Road Elementary School.