Power outages, downed trees widespread in Peach

Irma hit Peach County hard Monday, with many fallen trees and widespread power outages.

Sheriff Terry Deese said at approximately 5 p.m. that most of the county was without power, and power crews weren’t working yet because of the continuing high winds. He expected repair work to get started at about 8 p.m., so many people could still be without power Tuesday.

“It’s just been a rough, wet, windy day,” he said.

Flint Energies listed 4,138 customers in Peach without power as of 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Deese said many trees had fallen throughout the county, including a couple on homes, but he said he was not aware of anyone being injured. Pecans are a big crop in the county and growers were concerned about damage to trees. Deese said he saw many damaged pecan trees, including some that were completely felled.

Emergency personnel were still working to remove trees from roads, but he said they could not remove any tangled in power lines until the power company responds. He said some trees were leaning near roadways and could pose a danger to any traffic.

“The roads are still in pretty bad shape,” he said.

A curfew was put in place at 2:30 a.m. and will remain in effect until 6 a.m. People are asked to stay off the roads until they have an important reason to be out.

This story was originally published September 11, 2017 at 5:09 PM with the headline "Power outages, downed trees widespread in Peach."