Girl, 8, Dies After Tree Falls On Florida House Amid Strong Storm

LEON COUNTY, FL — An 8-year-old girl was killed after a tree fell on a house in Leon County as a storm swept through the area, officials said.

The Leon County Sheriff's Office said they were called to the 11700 block of Old Woodville Highway just after 8 a.m. on Friday for the report of a tree that had gone through a house.

Two children, an 8-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy, were taken to the hospital with injuries.

The girl was pronounced dead at the hospital, the sheriff's office said. The boy suffered non-life threatening injuries.

A GoFundMe account has been set up to help the girl's family.

The same storm system was blamed for the deaths a day earlier of two Mississippi drivers and a woman in Alabama.

The threat on Friday shifted farther east, where tornado warnings covered parts of northeast Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia.

The national Storm Prediction Center said 9.7 million people in the Carolinas and Virginia were at a moderate risk of severe weather. It's a region that includes the Charlotte, North Carolina metro area.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.