Two people in rural northwest Georgia are dead and dozens injured after a series of severe storms moved through the state, producing the first-ever tornado to hit downtown Atlanta, AP reported. A woman was killed in Polk County early Saturday afternoon when a storm demolished her home and threw her and her husband into a field, while an elderly man in neighboring Floyd County was killed by flying debris as he sat in his home, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Officials have not released the victims' names. Calls to the Polk and Floyd County sheriff's departments were not immediately returned. National Weather Service officials were expected to be in both counties later Sunday to determine whether the damage was caused by a tornado or straight-line winds, meteorologist Vaughn Smith said. In Atlanta, crews began cleaning up debris and broken glass Saturday from the tornado that struck the city with little warning the previous night. The storm cut a 6-mile (10-kilometer) path of destruction through the city with winds gusting up to 130 miles (210 kilometers) per hour, leaving homes crushed by centuries-old trees and numerous windows shattered in high-rise office buildings and hotels.
