Thousands still without power in Ga.

ATLANTA - Thousands remain without power a day after severe storms cut a swath through Georgia, killing two, downing trees and damaging homes and businesses.

Georgia Power Company spokesman Jeff Wilson said 45,000 customers remained without electricity Monday, including 1,600 in the metro Atlanta area. Most of the outages are in Macon.

Wilson said he could not provide a timetable for when the power might be restored as long as the wind continued to gust.

In west Georgia, officials canceled classes for Carroll County students on Monday because of storm damage.

Meteorologist Mike Griesinger said the National Weather Service in Peachtree City has determined that at least six of the storms that hit Georgia on Sunday were tornadoes, including the one in Laurens County where one death occurred, as well as in Bibb, Clayton and Carroll counties.

He said the tornadoes carried wind gusts of between 120 and 130 mph, Griesinger said.

County administrator Bryan Rogers said authorities have not yet identified the person found dead in the rubble of a mobile home in Laurens County.

The second death occurred in metro Atlanta, where the Gwinnett County Fire Department said a woman died after the top of a tree snapped in gusty winds Sunday and fell on her. (See separate story).