Spotlight: Five killed in U.S. East Coast as Hurricane Florence weakening to tropical storm

A fallen tree lies on the side of a road near coastline in North Carolina, the United States, on Sept. 14, 2018. At least five people have been killed so far in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence which was downgraded Friday afternoon to a tropical storm with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) along the U.S. East Coast. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)