WILMINGTON, N.C. — A mother and baby killed when a tree smashed into their house are among four deaths caused by Hurricane Florence.
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The monster storm felled trees all around Wilmington, causing many more close calls and damaging homes and cars.
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Authorities say the woman and her 8-month-old child died when the tree smashed into their one-story house on a residential street east of downtown Wilmington around 7 a.m. The father was hospitalized with injuries.
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Elsewhere in North Carolina, one person was killed while plugging in a generator, and a man was knocked to the ground while outside and died.