Storms Continue to Pummel South, At Least 1 Death in Florida

May 10th, 4:30 PM EDT

By NEWSnet Digital Team

Deep South Tornados, Severe Weather Cut Deadly Path Through Several States

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (NEWSnet/AP) — Storms packing hurricane-force wind killed at least one person Friday in Florida.

The sheriff’s office for Leon County, which includes Tallahassee, said on Facebook that a woman was killed when a tree fell onto her family’s home.

National Weather Service said wind gusts of 71 mph were recorded in Tallahassee. Photos posted on social media showed mangled metal and other debris from damaged buildings. The storm also knocked two chimneys from apartment buildings at a complex where fallen trees covered a row of cars. Fencing was bent at the baseball stadium of Florida State University, where classes were canceled Friday.

The woman killed in Florida was at least the fourth death caused by severe weather in the Southeast this week. Storms were blamed for killing two people in Tennessee on Wednesday, when another storm death was reported in North Carolina.

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