At 5:37 a.m. on Sept. 27, National Weather Service equipment at Augusta Regional Airport, which sees a massive influx of private jets for the Masters each spring, recorded a hurricane-force wind gust of 82 mph. A short while later, observations from the location ceased, suggesting the monitoring equipment had been rendered inoperable by the storm.

When the sun rose a few hours later, the scope of the damage to Augusta, located near the South Carolina border about 145 miles east of Atlanta, became devastatingly clear. Residents took to social media to share images of the destruction, many of which may be hard to fathom for golf fans who usually see the area during its springtime splendor.

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