Updated 8:30 a.m., March 28, 2011
It was a stormy Monday for Suwanee-area commuters. Rain and thunderstorms were raging in the pre-dawn hours, causing all sorts of problems.
At one point, two lanes of westbound Highway 78 were blocked due to standing water, per news reports. And a crash was reported at I-85 southbound at Jimmy Carter Boulevard in Gwinnett County, causing traffic backups all the way to SR 316 in Lawrenceville.
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Georgia Power reported Monday that 1,500 people in metro Atlanta were without power Monday as of 8:30 a.m.
The attached video shows the nature of the stormy skies early Monday in Suwanee.
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The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather report that shows that the showers and thunderstorms will continue throughout the morning and into early Monday afternoon. A flood warning has has been issued for Big Creek near Alpharetta.
This follows a weekend of storm-related damage in Gwinnett. On Saturday, emergency workers responded to four incidents, including downed trees and fires caused by lightning strikes.
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