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Crews from Northeast Georgia help restore power on coast
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Eric Brown stands near a small apartment in his backyard Sunday, heavily damaged by a fallen water oak during Hurricane Matthew that went through Savannah. Brown's main house in southeast Savannah wasn't damaged. - photo by KATHLEEN FOODY
Power crews from Northeast Georgia are helping restore power along the East Coast after Hurricane Matthew affected hundreds of thousands of residents. Both Georgia Power and Jackson EMC sent workers to aid in the efforts. Georgia Power said it had about 5,000 total workers from its company and assisting utilities available to work around the clock during the weekend, as Chatham, Glynn, Effingham, Bulloch and Liberty counties were those most affected along the Georgia coast.