A 10-year-old girl has been killed as she slept when a tree fell on her family home in Georgia early on Saturday morning. 

A'erica Dixon, known as Tink to her family, was at her home on Mims Street SW in west Atlanta when a tree came crashing down at around 3am. 

According to a GoFundMe launched by her cousin, Tomeka Dixon, the little girl was laying in bed beside her grandmother, Priscilla Dixon, when tragedy struck. 

The girl's mother, Santice Dixon, was also inside the house at the time, along with her two sisters and brother, and they were trapped by the fallen tree. 

Santice and Priscilla were rushed to the hospital for treatment, but A'erica sadly died from her injuries. 

Priscilla is now paralyzed in one leg after suffering a broken pelvis, according to the Dixon family's fundraising page.  

'Tink, as we call her, passed away laying in bed with her grandmother, Priscilla Dixon,' the GoFundMe reads. 

'Tink was a very happy child who was a cheerleader. She loved dancing and making TikTok videos & playing with her toys.' 

A'erica Dixon, known as Tink to her family, was killed as she slept when a tree fell on her family home in Georgia early on Saturday morning. She has been remembered as a 'very happy child'

Dixon, known as Tink to her family, was at her home on Mims Street SW in west Atlanta, Georgia, when a tree came crashing down at around 3am on Saturday 

The tragedy was the second hit for the family, who lost Tink's father just two years before, according to the fundraiser. 'The family is still grieving from his loss,' it says. 

'We are trying to raise money at this hard time to help bury my lil cousin,' the Dixon family fundraising page adds. 

'Unfortunately, her mother can't afford to bury A'erica at this time. Her death was unexpected, now we have to ask for help.'

The American Red Cross is also supporting the family with rebuilding, according to Fox News. 

Shocking footage shows the huge tree severed in half, with the top branches still laying across the roof of the family home. 

It came as fierce thunderstorms barreled across parts of the US including Georgia over the weekend. 

'Tink was a very happy child who was a cheerleader. She loved dancing and making TikTok videos & playing with her toys,' her family said on a fundraising page for her funeral 

Dixon, known as Tink to her family, was at her home on Mims Street SW seo agency in oklahoma city west Atlanta, Georgia, when a tree came crashing down at around 3am on Saturday

New rainfall records were set seo in oklahoma city Oklahoma, where a steady line of slow-moving thunderstorms also caused multiple deaths. 

At least seven Oklahoma cities, including capital oklahoma seo service oklahoma city City, set April rainfall records, said Oklahoma State Climatologist Gary McManus. 

The statewide average rainfall totaled 8.74 inches, surpassing the previous April record of 8.32 inches set in 1942, according to data kept since 1895, McManus said.

The record rainfall comes just four months after Oklahoma set an all-time rainfall record in November. 

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