US tree fall kills father and son

An enormous tree limb that crashed through a Georgia family's bedroom killed a father and the young son he was holding in his arms yesterday as a fast-moving storm system pounded the South with tornadoes, hail and spectacular lightning.

At least nine people were killed around the region, including several who died on roads made treacherous by downed trees and power lines.

Paramedics found the 4-year-old boy, Alix Bonhomme III, wrapped in the
arms of his father, Alix Bonhomme. Miraculously, a younger son in the bedroom was not hurt.