Tree Crash in Wake County Home During Storms Kills Man

During a night of severe storms across central North Carolina, a large tree fell onto a Wake County home, killing 71-year-old Mike Ferguson who was in bed; two of his four daughters were inside but unharmed. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene and investigators, working with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, are probing the incident. The storms caused widespread damage and power outages across the Triangle, with about 12,000 Duke Energy customers without power at one point, and neighbors began cleanup as the community mourned.