OVER STORM REPORTS COMING UP
JUST A BIT.
Kristi: THANK YOU, JULIE.
WE CONTINUE TEAM COVERAGE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE SEVERE
WEATHER HITTING SOUTH FLORIDA
TODAY.
Constance: WE HAVE CREWS
THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
LET'S START WITH DEREK SHORE.
HE IS LIVE BROWARD COLLEGE NORTH
CAMPUS WITH ALL THE DETAILS ON
THE DAMAGE.
Reporter: WE ARE JUST OFF
THE COLLEGE CAMPUS.
WE ARE HERE ON COCONUT CREEK
PARKWAY WHERE IT IS SHUT DOWN AT
THIS HOUR AND YOU CAN SEE FOR
GOOD REASON.
TAKE A LOOK.
THAT COCONUT CREEK COMMUNITY BUS
REMAINS ON A RIG HERE AS IT
PREPARES TO BE TOWED AWAY.
THE WIND APPARENTLY TOPPING IT
OVER AND JUST THROWING IT ON TO
THE SIDEWALK.
WE'RE TOLD ONE DRIVER INSIDE,
JUST THE DRIVER INSIDE, WAS
INJURED AND TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL.
THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY INJURIES
WE HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THIS
HOUR.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE YOU ACROSS
THE STREET HERE BOB AND TAKE A
LOOK AT BROWARD COLLEGE.
ALL OF THIS DAMAGE ALONG THE WAY
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CARS
TOPPLED OVER THERE.
ONE ON ITS SIDE, ONE ON TOP OF
ANOTHER.
A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WE SPOKE TO
A MOTHER WHO HAS A STUDENT HERE,
A DAUGHTER AND A SON.
SHE GOT A FRANTIC TEXT MESSAGE.
SHE COULDN'T EVEN GET TO THE
CAMPUS IN HER CAR AND SHE
DECIDED SHE WOULD WALK.
DID THEY CALL YOU FROM INSIDE
THERE?
YES.
I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE TO COME
PICK UP MY DAUGHTER AND MY SON.
YOU CAN'T GET TO IT?
YOU CAN'T DRIVE TO IT THAT'S WHY
YOU ARE WALKING?
I'M JUST WALKING.
I PARKED THE CAR IN THE GAS
STATION.
MY CAR OVER THERE.
Reporter: SO AS WE COME
BACK OUT HERE LIVE, YOU CAN SEE
A FENCE IS DOWN.
WE HAVE A UTILITY LINE DOWN.
OVER HERE WE HAVE A STREET LINE
THAT HAS BEEN SHEARED OFF AND
TOSSED INTO THE SIDE OF COCONUT
CREEK PARKWAY.
JUST ACROSS THE STREET WE HAVE
SOME TREES THAT ARE DOWN.
TONS OF DEBRIS EVERYWHERE.
IN FACT, JUST A LITTLE BITTING A
I DISCOVERED A PIECE OF WHAT
LOOKS LIKE POSSIBLY A BLEACHER
FROM BLEACHERS, POSSIBLY FROM
THE SCHOOL OVER HERE OR MAYBE
EVEN FROM THE WINDMORE COMMUNITY
ON THIS SIDE.
NOT SURE.
IT, OBVIOUSLY, SHOULDN'T BE IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY AND
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND
THAT IS WHY A TON OF ROADWAYS IN
THIS AREA HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN
BECAUSE OF THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF
DEBRIS AND DAMAGE AND, OF
COURSE, A LOT OF CARS THAT HAVE
SUFFERED PLENTY OF IT AS WELL.
WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
Kristi: THINGS ARE TOSSED
ABOUT AT BROWARD COLLEGE.
THANK YOU, DEREK SHORE.
Kristi:.
Constance: ACROSS THE FENCE
WE HAVE MICHAEL SEIDEN.
HE WAS SHOWING US LIVE PICTURES
FROM THE CARS JUST TOSSED ALL
OVER THE PLACE.
Reporter: PRETTY STUNNING
SCENE HERE CONSTANCE AND KRISTI
AT BROWARD COLLEGE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE PARKING LOT
RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN SEE CARS ON TOP OF EACH
OTHER.
JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW
POWERFUL THE STORM WAS.
THE TOW TRUCK JUST GOT HERE
GETTING READY TO TOW VEHICLES.
THEY HAVE A REPORT OF ABOUT 160
VEHICLES THEY WILL HAVE TO TOW.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CATCH UP
WITH THE STUDENTS WHO OWN THESE
CARS OF THE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE
WHEN THEY COME OUT HERE AND SEE
THIS, THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN
DISBELIEF.
LET ME SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO WE
HAVE BEEN SHOOTING AND SOME
STUFF COMING INTO OUR NEWSROOM.
WE HAD A STUDENT HERE WHO WAS IN
HER CLASSROOM.
TELLS US SHE HAD SECONDS TO TAKE
COVER AND THEN SHE FELT A HUGE
BURST OF WIND BLOW INTO THE
SCHOOL AND SHE SAID IT WAS JUST
A VERY FRIGHTENING SCENE.
ALSO WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
DEBRIS, SOME DOWNED POWER LINES,
SOME TREES.
THERE IS A BIG CLEAN-UP EFFORT
GOING ON HERE AT BROWARD
COLLEGE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS NO REPORTED
INJURIES.
I WANT TO ALSO TAKE YOU TO A
WITNESS WE MET.
HE DESCRIBES THOSE TERRIFYING
MOMENTS.
PHONES AND THE COMPUTERS WENT
OFF, THE POWER WENT OFF.
SOMEONE CAME IN FROM OUTSIDE AND
SAID OH, MY GOODNESS, THERE IS A
WINDSTORM THAT JUST CAME THROUGH
THE PARKING LOT.
THERE ARE CARS STACKED ON TOP OF
ONE ANOTHER.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME I CAME OUT
TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY PEOPLE
THAT WOULD NEED EMERGENCY
MEDICAL CARE IN THE PARKING LOT.
THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS TRAPPED IN
THEIR VEHICLES.
THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ASSIST
AND THAT'S A GOOD TRAINING FOR
THEM.
Reporter: AGAIN, RIGHT NOW
THIS IS A POSSIBLE TORNADO.
WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE COMES OUT HERE
AND SURVEYS THE DAMAGE.
BUT JUST SPEAKING WITH OUR
METEOROLOGIST, THEY TELL ME YOU
TAKE A LOOK AND YOU SEE WHEN
THERE ARE CARS, VEHICLES LIKE
THIS PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER,
THAT'S USUALLY INDICATIVE OF A
TORNADO.
ALSO ANOTHER THING TO LOOK AT IS
SOME OF THE BRANCHES.
THEY ARE JUST TWISTED AND
MANGLED.
THAT IS ANOTHER CLEAR INTERKATOR
THIS WAS MOST LIKELY A TORNADO.
WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO GET
OUT HERE TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE.
BUT NO DOUBT THIS SEVERE WEATHER
CERTAINLY HAD THIS CAMPUS IN A
PANIC.