A 78-year-old woman died when a tree fell on a mobile home in Rockingham County Thursday evening as storms from Tropical Storm Debby rolled through, officials said.
The tree fell on a mobile home on Clearwater Lane in Brown Summit just before 7:30 p.m.
"First responders discovered 78-year-old Hilda Windsor Jones had been inside the home when the tree fell and was killed as a result," according to the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office.
Wet ground and gusty winds caused numerous trees to fall across the county, according to the National Weather Service.
"Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page and all of us at the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to the family and loved ones of Hilda Jones in the wake of this tragedy," the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office said in a press release.
This is the second death related to Debby in North Carolina, and the eighth total, according to The Associated Press.
Earlier Thursday, a man died in Wilson County when a house collapsed in a tornado, officials said. It happened just before 3 a.m. The man was found dead in the rubble, according to his sister.
The tornado also damaged a school, four homes and a church in the area, officials said.
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Numerous tornado warnings were issued for North Carolina's coastal and central areas Wednesday and Thursday, and much of the state experienced heavy rain and flooding.
Even as the storm departs, saturated grounds could cause trees to fall across the state, leading to more damage, road blocks and power outages.
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