He gonna The effects of Hurricane Milton have been felt in a Florida neighborhood after a violent tornado ripped through homes and cars.
Video footage showed a path of destruction cutting through the Avenir neighborhood in Palm Beach Gardens before Milton made landfall.
In the video, posted in X by Gelo PerezRoofs of several houses were seen damaged and missing panels that had been torn off by high-intensity winds.
Debris was strewn across grass and sidewalks as residents gathered among the damage, including an overturned truck that lay idly in the background.
A car overturned on the lawn of an Avenir home due to a tornado
Neighbors discuss the damage in the street
Perez described the scene as “disastrous.”
In an X update from the National Hurricane Center, the storm is sustaining winds of 61 mph.
‘Milton is close to landfall along the coast of west-central Florida. “Life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds, and flooding rainfall occur in parts of central and southwest Florida,” the NHC wrote in its most recent X publication.
The storm is bringing rain and strong winds to Tampa Bay on its steady and potentially catastrophic march toward Florida’s west coast, where officials issued urgent warnings for residents to evacuate or face grim odds of survival.
Tornadoes touched down in the Everglades and Fort Myers. Forecasters warn that more could appear in central and southern Florida.
Forecasters expect Milton to make landfall around 11 pm EST as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 mph.
Lawns were covered in debris and cars in the neighborhood were severely damaged.
The greatest danger is posed by the wall of water, known as a storm surge, which Milton will fan. It was initially feared to be fifteen feet high, but forecasters now believe the storm surge will reach a record height of 12 feet.
“Where you are now is where you will be for the duration of Milton,” said Manatee County Emergency Management Chief Matt Myers. “Conditions are rapidly worsening.”
The distressing images from Avenir come after a video emerged of an idiotic couple taking selfies in the hurricane.
Thousands of people have tuned in to watch Milton, described as the “storm of the century” by meteorologists, as it moves through.
Even though nearly six million Floridians were ordered to evacuate, some also decided to visit the Universal Studios complex in Orlando, to make the most of the hours before Milton makes landfall.
Images of residents having fun while ignoring evacuation warnings sparked scorn on social media, with one person sharing a selfie at the Key West landmark and asking, “What are you doing man?”
In another video that angered social media users, an influencer said she was “going to die” because she was too stubborn to evacuate her home during the storm.
Roofs of homes were destroyed by the intense winds of the tornado
Calloway, 32, became one of the first Instagram influencers when she documented her time at the prestigious Cambridge University in England, but it was discovered that she had falsified her grades.
Posting to her Instagram Story Tuesday night from her new home in Florida, Calloway detailed the full extent of her situation.
‘So if you’ve been following Hurricane Milton, mmm, I’m going to die! It is assumed to make landfall in the Sarasota-Bradenton area. “I’m in Sarasota, I live on the water, it’s zone A, mandatory evacuation,” he said.
Another video showed a plane flying through Hurricane Milton shaking and shaking aggressively as it endured extreme turbulence.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, also known as “hurricane chasers,” tracked the hurricane, then classified as a Category 5, toward the west coast of Florida on Tuesday.
A group of brave researchers were on board conducting vital research, including predicting the hurricane’s path and its future strength.
The plane tilted from side to side for about two minutes as it passed through the eye of the storm.
Video showed crew members clinging tightly to the plane as the ride became difficult.
In an update from the National Hurricane Center on Tuesday, Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday.