UPDATED: Dangerous Roads But Tuesday Afternoon Sunshine in Southwest Atlanta

Heavy rain and thunderstorms, causing extremely dangerous driving conditions and residential power outages, hit the greater Cascade community shortly before midnight Monday.

According to The Weather Channel, Tuesday forecasts for the 30310, 30311, 30318, 30331 and 30349 zip codes all call for skies clearing around 5 or 6 a.m. but heavy winds most of the morning.

Georgia Power spokesman Jeff Wilson told the AJC this morning that about 70,000 metro Atlanta residents lost power during the storm and that all but 3,000 were still in the dark at 6 a.m. Tuesday.

The National Weather Service is forcasting highs in the 50s and has issued a wind advisory for Fulton County until 8 p.m.

To report a residential power outage go to the Georgia Power customer service page or call 1-888-891-0938.

For more information about Cascade-area weather today and this week, enter your zip code at: www.weather.com or visit www.forecast.weather.gov for detailed information about metro Atlanta weather.