China News Agency, San Francisco, April 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. media reported on the 5th local time that severe weather such as tornadoes and hail continued to hit many southern states in the United States that day, killing at least two people.

　　The ABC reported that from the evening of the 4th to the 5th, a total of 21 tornadoes were reported in states from Mississippi to South Carolina, causing damage to houses and trees in some areas.

On the evening of the 4th, golf ball-sized hailstones occurred in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

NBC reported that on the 5th, about 22 million people were at risk of severe storms from southeastern Louisiana to the coast of South Carolina.

　　Whitehouse Mayor James Wansley said a tree fell on the home of a 71-year-old man on the morning of the 5th, killing him.

Officials said at least four homes in the area were damaged by fallen trees.

Wansley said the storm on the evening of the 4th also caused damage to power lines in downtown Whitehouse, traffic congestion and property damage.

He said winds in the area had peaked at 100 mph.

In addition, one person was injured in Johnson County in the state due to severe weather.

　　A woman was pronounced dead on the evening of the 5th near a house destroyed by the storm, said Brian County Coroner Bill Cox in Georgia.

The Associated Press quoted county spokesman Matthew Kent as saying a suspected tornado damaged part of the roof of the county courthouse and destroyed the entrance to a local government building, as well as damaged homes in nearby communities.

　　A pronounced tornado carved a path believed to be more than 10 miles across the state and damaged 30 buildings, said Brandon Lavona, spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Emergency Management.

Officials in Allendale, the state, told the media that three people suffered non-fatal injuries there.

　　On the evening of the 5th, more than 50,000 homes and businesses were without power from eastern Texas to South Carolina.

　　The U.S. weather service forecast that severe weather will move further north on the 6th, with severe storms possible from western Alabama to the western tip of North and South Carolina.

Ten million people in areas including Atlanta, Georgia, Birmingham, Alabama, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, will be at risk from the storm.

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