Two adults patients injured when a twister touched down early Thursday morning in Armour, an unincorporated community in eastern Columbus County about 20 miles from Wilmington, were released from New Hanover Regional Medical Center on Monday.

One other adult injured in the storm remains in fair condition at the Wilmington hospital.

Four children under age 12 remain hospitalized: Two are in critical condition at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill; two are listed in stable condition at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville, according to a news release from Columbus County Commissioners Chairman Kipling Godwin.