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Two killed as storms maul Georgia | |
(about 14 hours later) | |
A state of emergency has been declared in the US state of Georgia after two people died in storms, a day after a tornado hit the city of Atlanta. | |
Emergency officials confirmed one woman died in Polk County and another in Floyd County as storms lashed the south-eastern state. | |
Friday's 130mph (209km/h) twister left almost 30 people injured and damaged hotels, skyscrapers and sports arenas. | |
Some 10,000 people were still without power on Saturday. | |
As the National Weather Service issued a string of tornado warnings on Saturday, a state emergency management official said: "We're bracing for another round of whatever mother nature throws at us." | |
'Disaster' | |
As officials priced the damage from Friday's twister at up to $200m (£99m), Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue declared it a "disaster". | |
Basketball fans watching a game in Atlanta's Georgia Dome had scrambled for cover as the stadium roof rippled and debris rained down. | |
The nearby Philips Arena, where the Atlanta Hawks were playing the Los Angeles Clippers, was also hit. | |
And the headquarters of news network CNN in the city was left with damaged ceilings and windows after being battered by Friday's storm. | |