A VIOLENT TORNADO-LIKE STORM SWEPT THROUGH ATLANTA, GEORGIA, last night around 9:45.  An unusual event for a major city’s downtown area, it left at least 20 homes demolished and caused millions of dollars in damages to buildings in the CNN Tower area.

Glass and debris cover Marietta Street
outside the CNN Center.  (Kyle Almond/CNN)

The Omni Hotel, which adjoins the CNN Center had to evacuate their guests from their rooms down to the lobby and exhibition hall as the storm blew out all of the windows on one side of the building.

In the CNN building the roof was partially torn open allowing water to pour into the building and in the newsroom one of the computers was sucked out through a window.

Across the street the Georgia Dome stadium was filled with spectators watching a regional basketball tournement when the roof split and the scoreboard started swaying.  The game was stopped temporarily and everybody moved down to the street level.  The game finished eventually, but the next contest was postponed.

CNN has the report HERE.
WSB-TV Ch.2 has VIDEOS.

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