Among the six people killed in Virginia was a 90-year-old woman who was asleep in bed when a tree fell on her home.

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Anthony Raines, 51, was killed when a tree crashed down on his mobile home, crushing him on his bed, Bartow County Coroner Joel Guyton said.

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