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Repairs ongoing after Monday storm
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A ruined trampoline frame sits upside down outside a home. - photo by Photo by Joe Parker, Jr.
Homeowners are still working to repair damage done by a freak windstorm that hit the Arlen Woods area in Midway on Dec. 31.
Assistant County Administrator Bob Sprinkel said a “wind shear micro burst” struck an area about 200 yards wide and a mile long, including Arlen Woods and areas on Highway 84 and Bill Carter Road.
No injuries were reported, although trees, roofs, Christmas decorations, a brick wall and other objects and structures were damaged or destroyed.  
Sprinkel said the damage reported to 18 homes was mostly minor, such as having a few shingles blown off. He complimented emergency workers on their response, placing tarps on damaged roofs and walls and clearing fallen trees and debris: “They were really doing a good job.”
Among the responders was retiring emergency management chief Tom Burriss who spent his last few official hours on the job at the storm scene.
One home, on an exposed corner lot, had the brick wall of a garage peeled off the structure by winds estimated at upwards of 100 mph.
Many of the damaged residences were within sight of Liberty Elementary School.
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Snow accumulation could be increasing
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Southeast Georgia, including Liberty and Long counties, is under a winter storm warning from the National Weather Service.

The forecast for snowfall total has increased modestly overnight and freezing rain amounts are trending up along the coast.

Forecasters have high confidence that bitterly cold temperatures will impact southeast South Carolina and southeast Georgia this week. Near-record low temperatures are possible Wednesday night. Dangerous wind chills are possible, especially Wednesday night, with values as low as 8-15°F.

Precipitation is expected to arrive this afternoon or early evening, and accumulation of snow and freezing rain is expected. Snow could be from 1 to 2.5 inches, with locally higher amounts possible. An accumulation of close to a quarter-inch of ice is projected for mainly coastal counties.

The risk of additional freezing rain along the immediate coast Thursday night is now very low.

There are also could be travel issues into Wednesday night and Thursday as wet roads could refreeze.

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