Storms in South Kill Girl in Florida, Bring Tornado Threat

Storms in South Kill Girl in Florida, Bring Tornado Threat
The leveled house of Delores Anderson in Franklin County, Va., on April 19, 2019. Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP
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ATLANTA—A strong storm system barreling through the South 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 Friday in Woodville, Florida, south of Tallahassee, killing the girl and injuring a 12-year-old boy, according to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office. The office said in a statement that the girl died at a hospital while the boy suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Their names weren’t immediately released.