U.S. CAPTIONING COMPANY
Laurie: SEVERE WEATHER MOVING
IN QUICKLY.
THE WIND MUST HAVE BEEN
50 MILES AN HOUR, 60.
I COULDN'T SEE MUCH.
IT DIDN'T MATTER.
I KNEW THERE WAS TROUBLE.
Laurie: TREES UPROOTED, ROOFS
BLOWN OFF, HAVOC CELEBRATE, ALL
SIGNS CONFIRMING THE WORK OF
TWIN TORNADOES.
AND AND LOCAL10 NEWS YOUR
WORTHY AUTHORITY HAS YOU COVERED
ON ALL OF THE DAMAGE FROM
MIAMI-DADE TO BROWARD COUNTIES.
Laurie: IT'S A LOT.
WE HAVE FOUR TEAM REPORTERS AND
METEOROLOGISTS FANNED OUT AT ALL
OF THE CRITICAL SPOTS SO LET'S
BEGIN WITH LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER
HATZEL VELA LIVE FROM POMPANO
BEACH WHERE THAT FIRST TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN THIS MORNING.
HATZEL.
Hatzel: LAURIE, YOU LOOK AT
THAT VIDEO, YOU SEE THAT
TWISTER, YOU THINK ABOUT HOW
FAST IT'S GOING, THEN YOU
REALIZE IT ALL MAKES SENSE WHEN
YOU SEE THIS KIND OF DAMAGE ALL
THROUGHOUT POMPANO BEACH.
YOU'RE DRIVING, AND THIS IS WHAT
YOU SEE, A TWISTER SHOWING NO
MERCY, PICKING UP EVERYTHING IN
ITS PATH, FORCING DRIVERS TO
TAKE COVER.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF
HURRICANES.
IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THAT.
Hatzel: TORNADO DAMAGE
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT POMPANO
BEACH.
SOME OF THE SPOTS WE CHECKED OUT
SHOW THE STORM LIKELY MOVED IN A
NORTHEAST DIRECTION.
HERE THE WINDS EASILY TOPPLE
THIS FENCE, THEN RIPPED OPEN THE
ROOF IN THIS HOUSE.
IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COST
LIKE $30,000 JUST TO REPAIR THE
ROOF.
Hatzel: PRICEY, BUT AT LEAST
NO ONE WAS INSIDE THE VACANT
HOME THAT JUST RECENTLY SOLD.
DAMAGE ALSO SEEN AT THE MALL AT
COPANS AND U.S. 1.
WINDS RIP PARTED THE MACY'S.
YOU ALSO SEE UPROOTED TREES.
IT'S A REMINDER THAT WE LIVE
IN A PLACE WHERE BAD STORMS CAN
HAPPEN.
Hatzel: ACROSS THE STREET WE
SPOTTED A NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICIAL SURVEYING WHAT
HE SEES.
AT THE PARKING LOT OF THE MUVICO.
PEOPLE WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK
CANNOT BELIEVE HOW IT UPROOTED
THIS MASSIVE TREE AND PICKED UP
THIS MASSIVE SIDEWALK FROM ITS
FOUNDATION.
CLARK BAUMANN LIVES BEHIND THE
MOVIE THEATER STILL IN AWE HE
SAYS WHAT HE SAW.
FROM WHAT I HEARD IT SOUNDED
BAD.
WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE IT DIDN'T
LOOK TOO BAD.
BUT LOOKING AT THIS, IT LOOKS
LIKE A WAR ZONE.
Hatzel: AND NOW THAT WAR ZONE
MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE TREES OUT HERE AT
THE MUVICO, THEY'RE ALL FACING
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
THEY SAY THAT'S A SURE SIGN THAT
THERE WAS A TORNADO AT SOME
POINT.
FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE IN
POMPANO BEACH, HATZEL VELA,
LOCAL10 NEWS.
Calvin: THANKS A LOT.
AND IMAGINE BEING ON THE ROAD
THIS MORNING AND ACTUALLY SEEING
ONE OF THOSE TORNADOES THAT LOOK
LIKE THIS JUST FEET AWAY FROM
YOU.
LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER ANDREW
PREVES CAUGHT UP WITH A DRIVER
WHO SPOTTED THAT SCARY VIDEO AND
RECORDED IT FOR US.
ANDREW.
Andrew: CALVIN, THIS VIEWER,
HE WAS TELLING ME, HE WAS
WONDERING WHY ALL THE CARS WERE
JUST STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE ROAD DURING THIS STORM.
HE SAID HE MASSEY WAS SO FOCUSED
ON DRIVING THROUGH THIS ROUGH
WORTHY HE NEVER SAW THIS TORNADO
COMING.
HE SAYS IT HAD COMPLETELY CAUGHT
HIM OFF GUARD.
ANTHONY SAYS HE HAD NO IDEA HE
WAS DRIVING TOWARD A TWISTER
UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.
DEBRIS FLYING EVERYWHERE.
HE WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE STORM
ALONG DIXIE HIGHWAY AND
NORTHWEST 15th STREET IN
POMPANO BEACH.
HIS DASH CAM AUTOMATICALLY
STARTS RECORDING IN HIS CAR, AND
WHEN HE WENT BACK TO SEE THE
VIDEO, HE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
FOR ME IT WAS A FIGHT OR
FLIGHT KIND OF THING, JUST GET
OUT OF THERE BEFORE ANYTHING
HAPPENS.
BECAUSE I SEEN BIG OX COMING.
Andrew: HIS CAR SUFFERED SOME
DAMAGE BUT HE SAYS HE'S LUCKY.
I THINK I AM LUCKY, SEEING
HOW CLOSE IT IS IT WAS AND
ACTUALLY THE BUSINESSES THAT GOT
DESTROYED.
Andrew: WE SAWKAR WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT, TREES TOPPLED,
RESIDENTS FRUSTRATED.
HATH LEAST TWO TWISTERS DOING A
WHOLE LOT OF DAMAGE, RESIDENTS
SAY THEY HEARD THAT TRAIN
WHISTLE SOUND COMING AT THEM.
NOW IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF
HARD TO BELIEVE WHAT I'M SAYING
NEXT, BUT I WAS TALKING TO SOME
RESIDENTS.
THEY SAY THEY EVEN SAW STRAY
CATS, POSSUMS FLYING AROUND IN
THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS.
DOZENS OF CARS DAMAGED.
BUT FORTUNATELY NO THE WORD OF
ANY SERIOUS INJURIES.
WE'RE LIVE IN OAKLAND PARK, I'M
ANDREW PEREZ, LOCAL10 NEWS.
Laurie: LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF
A MOVIE.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE MOVES FROM
BROWARD COUNTY IN THE NORTHEAST
MIAMI-DADE WHERE PEOPLE SAY THE
STORM ROCKED THEM STRAIGHT OUT
OF BED.
LOCAL10 INVESTIGATIVE JEFF
WEINSIER LIVE NOW AT DAMAGE
THERE.
JEFF.
Jeff: MANY PEOPLE SAY IT CAME
OUT OF NOWHERE, THEY HAD NO IDEA
IT WAS HEADED RIGHT FOR THEM.
CHAINSAWS COULD BE HEARD
THROUGHOUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALL
DAY LONG.
IF THERE'S ANY GOOD NEWS, NO
INJURIES AND THE STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE, QUITE FRANKLY, IS
MINIMAL.
I JUST SAT IN THE CAR
SCREAMING.
I FREAKED OUT.
Jeff: ROBERT PAULSON'S 1991
MERCEDES IN MINT CONDITION IS
NOW CRUSHED UNDER THE HUGE BLACK
OLIVE TREE IN HIS FRONT YARD ME.
WAS AT WORK AT THE TIME AND
RACED HOME.
60 YEARS OLD.
IF LIVED THROUGH ALL KINDS OF
HURRICANES AND EVERYTHING.
I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
Jeff: SKYLAKE, AN
UNINCORPORATED NORTHEAST
MIAMI-DADE, WAS HIT HARD.
MANY WERE ROCKED OUT OF BED, AND
WENT STRAIGHT TO THE WINDOW.
I WATCHED AS I WAS LOOKING
OUT THE BACKYARD, I WATCHED THE
TRAMPOLINE ACTUALLY BECOME
AIRBORNE, LIFT STRAIGHT UP AND
THEN JUST DISAPPEAR OUT OF
SIGHT.
I HEARD A VERY LOUD NOISE, SORT
OF AN EXPLOSION.
Jeff: ON NORTHEAST 196
TERRACE, TREES TOOK OUT
TRANSFORMERS, POWER POLES
SNAPPED, LINES STRETCHED ACROSS
ROADWAYS.
THIS POWER LINE CAME DOWN ON TOP
OF A BOAT.
THE WINDS SO HIGH, THIS
TRAMPOLINE WAS WRAPPED AROUND A
TREE TRUNK.
NOT FAR ON NORTHEAST 21st
COURT, THE ROOF TORN OFF THIS
HOUSE.
NEIGHBORS SAY THE OWNERS ARE
AWAY, AND THERE'S FOUR
AFTERNOONS OF WATER IN THE
HOUSE.
INCHES OF WATER.
I'M JUST TAKING A DEEP BREATH
AND I'M JUST A LITTLE EMOTIONAL
BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING.
Jeff: AND THAT MERCEDES YOU
SAW BURIED EARLIER HERE, IT IS,
IT HAS BEEN FREED FROM ALL OF
THAT BLACK OLIVE TREE BRANCHES.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AT THIS ONE PLACE.
DESPITE ALL THE POWER USUALS IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, SOL POWER IS
SLOWLY GETTING ON BUT FP&L SAID
SOME PEOPLE COULD BE WITHOUT
POWER IN SKYLAKE IN NORTHEAST
MIAMI-DADE UNTIL AT LEAST
TOMORROW.
WE ARE LIVE IN NORTHEAST MILD,
I'M JEFF WEINSIER, LOCAL10 NEWS.
Laurie: AND TODAY STORMS ARE
BRIEFED TO HAVE CAUSED THIS
SCENE IN MIDEAST MIAMI-DADE.
THE FLAMES CAUSED BY AN APPARENT
GAS LACK AT NORTHEAST 195th
STREET AND SECOND AVENUE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT TREE TORN OUT
OF OF THE GROUND.
Calvin: AND WEST BROWARD
WASN'T SPARED BY THAT STORM.
Laurie: WE'RE TALKING
MIRAMAR.
PLOOKS AND DAVIE WERE ALL HIT
HARD.
SO LET'S GET TO LOCAL10's NEKI
MOHAN.
SHE'S LIVE IN MIRAMAR WITH THE
SITUATION THERE.
Neki: LAURIE AND CALVIN, SOME
PEOPLE JUST COMING HOME FROM
WORK WHO LEFT BEFORE THE STORM
ARE IN SHOCK WHEN THEY SEE
SCENES LIKE THIS ONE, FENCES
STALE LAYING DOWN ONE BUT THESE
PEOPLE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB
PICKING UP THE PIECES IN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
STILL IN SHOCK THEATRE THIS
STORM THAT CAME THROUGH FAST AND
FURIOUS.
THE SOUND OF CHAINSAWS.
THE SOUND TRACK OF STORM
CLEANUP.
THAT TREE THAT WE'RE CHOPPING
DOWN RIGHT NOW CAME FROM
SOMEWHERE IN THAT DIRECTION.
Neki: IN ANGEL COVE IN
PEMBROKE PINES NEIGHBOR HELPING
NEIGHBOR.
IN THE BACK OF THIS HOME A LOT
OF THEIR PATIO FURNITURE GOT
THROWN AROUND.
THE HOUSE WAS MAINLY SPARED BUT
IT'S HARD TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT
WHEN YOU LOOK OVER THE HEDGE,
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
NEIGHBOR'Srd YA LOOKS LIKE.
IN THE GRAND PALMS COMMUNITY OF
PEMBROKE PINES, PALM FRONDS AND
OTHER TREES TOOK THE BEATING.
AND IN WEST MIRAMAR,
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AT THE GUARD
GATE FOR MONARCH LAKES CAPTURED
THE MOMENT THE WILD WIND ENTERED
THEIR BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
SOUNDED LOOK A LITTLE GUNSHOT
BE WITH BANG WEEK BANG, AND THEN
IT SOUNDED LOOK A MACHINE GUN
AND THAT WAS MY NEIGHBOR'S FENCE
COMING THROUGH MY PROPERTY
HITTING EVERYTHING.
Neki: IN SUNSET LAKES ROADS
BECAME RIVERS.
THE MORNING RUSH A CAREFUL
MANEUVER TO AVOID CAR TROUBLE.
IN DAVIE, MIGHTY POWER LINES
CAME CRASHING DOWN.
AS RESIDENTS WORKED TO MEND
FENCES AND WORKMEN REPAIRED
WINDOWS ALL OVER SOUTHWEST
BROWARD WITH RESIDENTS WHO HAD
GONE A DECADE WITHOUT A
HURRICANE STILL IN AWE THAT A
TORNADO TORE THROUGH.
FOLKS HERE SAY THE LAST STORM TO
HIT THEM WAS WILMA, AND THEY GOT
A NEW STREET SIGN THEN.
THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY NEED A
NEW STREET SIGN AGAIN THEY SAY
THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THIS
STORM HITTING TODAY IS THAT
GARBAGE PICKUP IS TOMORROW AND
THURSDAY SO THEY'LL HOPEFULLY
GET EVERYTHING ON THE STREET
CORNER SO THIS WILL JUST BE A