Tornado crosses major Florida interstate as residents evacuate due to Hurricane Milton
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Updated: 1:19 PM CDT Oct 9, 2024
20 TO 25 MINUTES, SO THAT STORM THAT YOU鈥橰E SEEING RIGHT NOW ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, THIS IS I-75 AT SNAKE ROAD, JUST NORTH OF I-75. IT LOOKS LIKE IT鈥橲 MOVING AWAY FROM THE INTERSTATE. THE ROADWAYS AND YOU CAN鈥橳. IT鈥橲 JUST BLINDING RAINS BECAUSE IT鈥橲 SO FAR AWAY ALREADY. BUT I DON鈥橳 SEE THE TORNADO ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. LET ME LOOK AT THE VELOCITY. IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS WEAKENING, WHICH IS GOOD. SO YOU CAN SEE THE ROTATION IS STILL HOLDING TOGETHER, BUT MOST LIKELY IT鈥橲 JUST LIFTING UP VERY SLOWLY AND KIND OF BLUNT, LIKE JUST BLENDING WITH THE RAINS RIGHT NOW IN THAT AREA. RAIN WRAPPED WITH THESE TORNADIC CELLS THAT SPIRAL UP. I MEAN, THAT鈥橲 WHY I WAS SO AMAZED THAT WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT THE FUNNEL CLOUD EARLIER. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I鈥橫 TRACKING WHAT VANESSA IS TRACKING. WE鈥橰E JUST TRYING TO RESET OUR MAPS HERE AS WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES. AND YOU COULD EVEN BE OH, WHAT IS THAT? WOW. TORNADO ON THE GROUND. TORNADO ABOUT TO CROSS I-75. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, APPROACHING I-75. THAT鈥橲 THE ONE IN BLUE. AND THE BIG CYPRESS RESERVATION AREA. AND THIS IS THE SECOND ONE RIGHT OVER HERE HOLDING UP. THAT WAS RIGHT NOW DOWN NEAR WESTON INITIALLY. AND NOW IT鈥橲 THE BIG IT鈥橲 WEST OF CORAL SPRINGS. AND TAMARAC, YOU KNOW. WOW. THAT THAT IS REALLY HOLDING UP. CONTINUING TO TRACK. AND YOU CAN SEE ITS TRACK. IT鈥橲 MOVING FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH. AND LOOK HOW FAST THIS MOVES. LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS A PICTURE PERFECT FUNNEL CLOUD VANESSA I鈥橫 JUST AMAZED. I鈥橫 AMAZED TOO, THAT WE鈥橰E WE鈥橰E ON HERE. WELL, I鈥橫 NOT AMAZED BECAUSE HERE鈥橲 THE THING. IT鈥橲 AN ENHANCED RISK OF TORNADOES. VANESSA, THAT IS SO IMPRESSIVE TO SEE THIS LIVE ON CAMERA RIGHT NOW IN OUR I KNOW IT鈥橲 NOT IN OUR VIEWING AREA, BUT IT IS GOING TO GET CLOSER TO OUR INLAND AREAS O
Tornado crosses major Florida interstate as residents evacuate due to Hurricane Milton
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Updated: 1:19 PM CDT Oct 9, 2024
A tornado was spotted on the ground near I-75, near the Broward and Collier County lines in Florida, as residents evacuated ahead of Hurricane Milton.The National Weather Service in Miami posted a photo on the social platform X of the funnel crossing the highway Wednesday morning with the words: "TORNADO crossing I-75 as we speak! Seek shelter NOW!"Hurricane Milton churned Wednesday toward the west coast of Florida, where some residents insisted they would stay after millions were ordered to evacuate and officials warned that stragglers would face grim odds of surviving.Heavy rain and tornadoes lashed parts of southern Florida starting Wednesday morning, with conditions deteriorating. Six to 12 inches of rain, with up to 18 inches in some places, was expected well inland, bringing the risk of catastrophic flooding and storm surge.While one tornado touched down Wednesday morning in the lightly populated Everglades and crossed Interstate 75, another apparent tornado touched down in Fort Myers, snapping tree limbs and tearing a gas station's canopy to shreds.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A tornado was spotted on the ground near I-75, near the Broward and Collier County lines in Florida, as residents evacuated ahead of Hurricane Milton.
The National Weather Service in Miami on the social platform X of the funnel crossing the highway Wednesday morning with the words: "TORNADO crossing I-75 as we speak! Seek shelter NOW!"
Hurricane Milton churned Wednesday toward the west coast of Florida, where some residents insisted they would stay after millions were ordered to evacuate and officials warned that stragglers would face grim odds of surviving.
Heavy rain and tornadoes lashed parts of southern Florida starting Wednesday morning, with conditions deteriorating. Six to 12 inches of rain, with up to 18 inches in some places, was expected well inland, bringing the risk of and storm surge.
While one tornado touched down Wednesday morning in the lightly populated Everglades and another apparent tornado touched down in Fort Myers, snapping tree limbs and tearing a gas station's canopy to shreds.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
