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Karl Etters
Tallahassee Democrat

More than 1,800 people are without power in Tallahassee as of 1:30 p.m. after a severe storm swept through the area Friday morning.

There were approximately 149 outage orders affecting 1,883 customers, according to the city's online power outage map.

The storm swept through the region, causing a cascade of tornado warnings for Leon and surrounding counties.

One person, an 8-year-old girl, died Friday when a tree fell on her family's home in Woodville. 

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The girl was transported to and pronounced dead at the hospital. A 12-year-old boy also was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 

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