Storms Strike College, Leave Trail Of Damage In Georgia, Across South

A damaged house is shown in Ardmore, Alabama, on Monday. Severe storms caused damage throughout the South.

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Daybreak Tuesday revealed widespread damage after a night of violent weather in the Deep South, with a college campus shattered by an apparent tornado and thousands of buildings and vehicles battered by hail as large as baseballs.

Damage In Georgia

Thousands of Georgians are without power and homes were heavily damaged southwest of Atlanta after storms struck late Monday and into Tuesday morning.

The National Weather Service said it would send survey crews to the Georgia city of Haralson and to south Fulton County to investigate whether tornadoes caused the damage.