(CNN) — Possible tornadoes damaged homes and cars in Florida as millions of the state’s residents remain under a tornado threat Thursday morning. A likely tornado damaged at least two homes in Clearwater Beach after it roared ashore early Thursday morning. No one was injured, Clearwater police said, but photos from the scene show debris...
“We have several families that have experienced a catastrophic property loss and our hearts go out to them this morning,” one official said in the aftermath of severe weather.Updated Oct 12, 2023 10:34 AM EDTA surge of tropical moisture along the Gulf coast of Florida caused waterspouts and reports of overnight tornadoes on Oct. 12.Possible tornadoes damaged homes and cars in Florida as millions of the state’s residents remain under a tornado threat Thursday morning.
A 90-year-old woman was asleep in her home when the storm hit and collapsed a wall and the home’s roof in on her. She was uninjured, Clearwater police and fire officials said.“She woke up to the sound of glass breaking,” Clearwater Fire and Rescue spokesperson Rob Shaw told CNN. “She pulled the covers up over her head and rode out the storm.”near the coast in Dunedin, north of Clearwater Beach, town officials said.
The storms kept tracking east across the state, reaching parts of northeast Florida Thursday morning. On Florida’s Atlantic coast, Palm Coast fire chief Kyle Berryhill said several homes suffered “major structural damage” in Palm Coast’s Indian Trails neighborhood, but there were no injuries.showed a car flipped on its side, roof damage and insulation strewn about a yard there.
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