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State of emergency | How bad? 25 Waffle Houses closed | Anheuser-Busch sending cans of water to victims | Georgia-South Carolina postponed

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State of emergency | How bad? 25 Waffle Houses closed | Anheuser-Busch sending cans of water to victims | Georgia-South Carolina postponed

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