Two journalists died in North Carolina on Monday when a tree fell on their news van while they were covering the impact of heavy rain from Subtropical Storm Alberto.

Mike McCormick and Aaron Smeltzer, an anchor and photojournalist for WYFF-TV in Greenville, S.C., were driving along U.S. Highway 176 near Tryon when the incident happened, officials said.

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