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WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – Severe storms and suspected tornadoes across the South on Wednesday resulted in structural damage, power outages, injuries and deaths in at least three states, officials said.
In suburban Atlanta, a man died Wednesday afternoon when a large pine tree fell on top of the sport utility vehicle he was driving in heavy wind and rain, said Captain Tim House, spokesman for the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.
“The driver was trapped and mortally wounded,” House said.
In North Carolina, Governor Bev Perdue said in a statement that: “We have reports that tornadoes touched down in Randolph and Davidson counties this evening, causing a fatality in Davidson.”
“Based on currently available information, we know that more than a dozen structures were damaged in Randolph County, along with an undetermined amount of damage to buildings in Davidson County,” she also said.
Derrec Becker, spokesman for the South Carolina Emergency Management Division, confirmed that storms in that state had downed trees, damaged homes
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