Crews from Georgia Power and Georgia EMCs were working to restore service to customers across North Georgia and the Atlanta metro area after a winter storm dropped snow and ice on Friday and into Saturday.

Almost 100,000 customers are without power as a winter storm moves through metro Atlanta and north Georgia. Statewide, 118,738 people are without power. In the perimeter, at least 50,000 customers are without power,

Outages increased during the evening on Friday but have lowered some on Saturday morning. ATLANTA — Saturday morning, there are still over 70,000 people without power across the state after fluffy snow transitioned to rain and then to icy conditionals that could lead to iced-over trees that could fall and take down power lines,