Silwanus Tangkotta was working aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat in the remote Pacific last year, when a heavy wave slammed a rolling metal door onto his hand, crushing his middle and ring fingers.

According to the National Weather Service, the wind caused the tree to fall over at Melody Lane and Reedy Creek Road in Cary.

At the Buchanan Farms produce market on Broadway Road in Sanford, mourners add to a growing memorial of flowers and candles.