Firefighters knelt and prayed outside a North Carolina home where a mother and her baby were killed as Hurricane Florence made landfall

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• Firefighters gathered to pray outside the Wilmington, North Carolina, home where a mother and her baby were killed after a tree crashed through the roof during Hurricane Florence on Friday. 
• At least three other people died Friday. Florence has weakened to a tropical storm, but dangerous flooding and strong winds were expected to continue into Saturday.

Firefighters knelt and prayed outside a Wilmington, North Carolina, home where a mother and her baby were killed on Friday, after a tree crashed through the roof as Hurricane Florence made landfall, CNN reported.

A man inside the home was also injured. He was rescued and taken to a hospital.

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