Severe weather throughout the area has downed trees and taken out the power in metro Atlanta.

The National Weather Service issued several severe thunderstorm warnings throughout the evening.

A Channel 2 photographer captured images of downed trees in Atlanta and DeKalb County.

Last night’s severe storms toppled a tree in Freedom Park. (Photo by Keith Pepper)

As of midnight, over 16,000 Georgia Power customers in metro Atlanta were without power, as well as 9,000 Georgia EMC customers.

Park of a tree struck a home at the 1500 block of Sugar Downs Ct. in DeKalb County.

A Channel 2 photographer also spotted tree damage at a home at Richmond Street in Atlanta.

Traffic signals were out on Peachtree Street heading into Buckhead.

Elsewhere, a large tree came down in a Roswell neighborhood, and Channel 2 viewers reported downed trees in Braselton and College Park.

Kimberly Wright is a digital content producer for Channel 2 Action News.

This report was compiled and written by Rough Draft Atlanta's staff.