North Raleigh community mourns man who died on Barton’s Enclave Lane during Tuesday storms

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Communities pulled together Wednesday as they cleaned up following severe storms that caused widespread damage, knocked out power, and claimed a man’s life.

The Wake County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to the Ferguson home on the 51-hundred block of Barton’s Enclave Lane — heavily damaged by downed oak trees — just before 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Firefighters and EMS found 71-year-old Michael Ferguson trapped inside, where he was pronounced dead — his exact cause of death yet to be released…

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