Zeta Causes Widespread Outages, Damage In Georgia; Voting Extension Sought Due To Storm

A fast-moving Zeta weakened to a tropical storm as it ripped through the South on Thursday morning, killing at least two and knocking out power to more than 2 million across the region.

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Updated Thursday at 6:47 p.m.

Many in Georgia woke up to power outages, downed trees and other storm damage after Tropical Storm Zeta moved through early Thursday. At least one death in the state has been attributed to the storm.

Georgia Power reported outages to more than 500,000 customers statewide and says it is working to restore service. The remnants of tropical storm Zeta moved across North Georgia.