The facade of the Philips Arena, where the NBA's
Atlanta Hawks nest, was shredded in places.
The view outside CNN Center last night.
Fans at the SEC Tournament in the Georgia Dome
are warned about the severe weather Friday night.
Windows at the Omni hotel at the CNN Center are
blown out.
Water pipes broke at the Georgia World Congress
Center, making a waterfall out of these stairs.
This sign near the Georgia Dome was toppled.
One of the holes that broke the canvas roof at the
Georgia Dome.
All that remains of some of the entrances and windows
at the Georgia World Congress Center is shards.
Photos courtesy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and CNN.
An apparent tornado struck downtown Atlanta Friday night, hitting the South's biggest city at a very busy time. The SEC and ACC basketball tournaments were being held in the Georgia Dome as the winds howled outside. Catwalks and scoreboards inside the dome were actually swaying from the wind, scaring thousands of fans to shelter.
Hotels and skyscrapers saw many windows blown out, and debris coated the streets. The CNN Center was hit with roof and window damage. Tarps covered computers in the network's newsroom. The Omni hotel adjacent to the CNN Center had major window damage, and furniture from upper floors was sucked out of the building. At Centennial Olympic Park, torch-resembling towers were blown over. The city's distinctive high-rise, the 73-story Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel, was marked with scores of destroyed windows. The Georgia Dome's canvas roof was pierced in some spots. The Philips Arena was also hit hard, with pieces of metal from its facade torn off, and blown onto the street in front of the CNN Center.
Just east of downtown, twenty houses were demolished in the Georgia capital's historic Cabbagetown district. The storm demolished the top floor of the Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts, a 104-year-old textile factory complex turned into apartments. Some were believed to be missing there, but search attempts proved that false.
Two people were killed by the storms in areas north of Atlanta.
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