ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — Along with other areas across Southwest Georgia, parts of downtown Albany were damaged during the severe storms on Thursday, March 12, morning.

An Albany motel, Albany 8 Inn, was damaged in the storms. The motel is located at 905 East Oglethorpe Boulevard.

No further details about the extent of the damage were confirmed. WALB is working to learn more.

Once it is safe to do so, we encourage viewers to submit photos of storm damage in their area to WALB’s Send it to 10.

Damage was also reported at Paradise Village of Albany on Holly Drive. High winds caused minor damage to Phoebe Urgent Care of East Albany this morning and the area was without power, according to the health system.

As of 5:30 p.m. Thursday, debris was cleared and the power is back on at Phoebe East. Normal operations will reportedly resume Friday morning at Phoebe Urgent Care of East Albany. Phoebe was able to serve Corporate Health clients Thursday with their Mobile Wellness Clinics. Officials said their Corporate Health clinic at Phoebe East will also reopen Friday morning.

Damage was also reported at Victory of Albany church.

The city of Albany says there are a number of traffic light outages, trees down and powerlines down.

• Traffic Lights are out at:
  • Johnson Road/ Sylvester Highway
  • W. Society Avenue/ N. Jefferson Street
  • N. Westover Boulevard/ Meredyth Drive
  • E. Broad Avenue/ Old Radium Springs Road
  • E. Oglethorpe Boulevard/ S. Mock Road
  • N. Madison Street/ W. 2nd Avenue
  • Thornton Drive/ E. Oglethorpe Boulevard
  • Rosebrier Avenue/ E. Oglethorpe Boulevard
  • Radium Springs Road/ E. Oglethorpe Boulevard
  • E. Broad Avenue/ N. Broadway Street
• Trees are down at:
  • Pine Avenue/ Gillionville Road
  • W. Roosevelt Avenue/ N. Jefferson Street
  • Turner Field Rd/ Clark Avenue
  • 2500-Blk Cherokee Drive
  • Mobile Avenue/ Holland Drive
  • N. Westover Boulevard/ Meredyth Drive
  • 300-Block Lexington Drive
  • 1200-Block Highland Avenue
  • 200-Block Ashwood Street {Dougherty County}
• Powerlines/Wire are down at:
  • 1200-Block Bonney View Drive
  • 1900-Block Edgerly Avenue
  • 100-Block Almond Drive
  • N. Washington/ W. Roosevelt Avenue

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