ATLANTA - A strong storm system barrelling through the South on Friday killed an 8-year-old girl in Florida and threatened to bring tornadoes to large parts of the Carolinas and southern Virginia. A tree fell onto a house in Woodville, Florida, south of Tallahassee, killing the girl and injuring a 12-year-old boy, according to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office. Strong storms again roared across the South on Thursday, topping trees and leaving more than 100,000 people without power across Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. In Georgia, the storm system knocked down trees, caused flooding and cut off power to tens of thousands of people. My house is gone.’” Damage from the storm system was reported in at least 24 of Mississippi’s 82 counties.

Source: thestar April 19, 2019 13:05 UTC