article_snippet: Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal did Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal part.  
article_snippet: Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal ordered a state of emergency for 51 northern counties.
article_snippet: That led to some 224,000 Duke Energy customers being in the dark at one point, a number that had fallen to about 78,000 by 6:25 p.m. early Thursday.
article_snippet: The biggest issue for us, especially Greensboro to the east, was power outages," North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said.
highlights_snippet: Unanticipated, widespread power outages the big problem in North Carolina .
  