Victor: RIGHT NOW AT 5:30,
TORNADO TERROR IN NORTH BROWARD
AS AN EF-1 TWISTER TOSSED CARS
AROUND LIKE TOYS IN THIS BROWARD
COLLEGE PARKING LOT, ONE CAR
EVEN ENDING UP ON TOP OF
ANOTHER.
Janine: NOT FAR AWAY, DRIVER
OF THIS TRACTOR-TRAILER HAD TO
HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE WHEN THE
WINDSTORM PUSHED HIS BIG RIG
OVER.
Victor: AND IT WAS
FRIGHTENING MORNING FOR THE
PEOPLE HAD THIS APARTMENT
BUILDING WHEN THE TORNADO TORE
OFF FASTER ROOF.
Janine: OUR TEAM COVERAGE
CONTINUES THE WITH LIANE
MOREJON.
Victor: HATZEL VELA IS
SPEAKING WITH HOMEOWNERS.
BUT LET'S BEGIN WITH ANDREW
PEREZ.
HE JUST HEARD FROM STORM
INVESTIGATOR FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
ANDREW DIRECTORS.
Andrew: ALL DAY LONG WE'VE
BEEN SHOWING YOU AIMING LIKE
THIS.
I'M ASSUMING IT BELONGS TO THIS
BIG OLD MESS OVER HERE.
THIS LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
BLEACHERS THAT ARE WRAPPED
AROUND THIS TREE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE BUT
YOU CAN TELL YOU WHERE THE OTHER
SET OF BLEACHERS WERE, ALL THE
WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
FIELD HERE AT BROWARD COLLEGE.
THE NATIONAL STORMS OFFICIALS
ARE SAYING THIS TORNADO REALLY
PACKED A PUNCH.
WHIPPING 90s 90 TO 100 MILES
PER HOUR, AN EF-1 TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BROWARD
COLLEGE.
IT KEPT OH SKIPPING, THOUGH,
TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN AND AGAIN,
THE STORM FLIPPING CARS, RUINING
ROOFS.
OFFICIALS SURVEYED ALL THE
DAMAGE LATE TODAY.
IT WAS A VERY DISCREET.
IT FOUND DOWN, LIFT, WHAT WE
CALL A VERY DISCREET PATH.
Andrew: THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE SAID IT WASN'T HUGE BUT
THIS EF-1 WAS POWERFUL FLIPPING
ATTRACTOR TRAILER, SENDING
DEBRIS.
COCONUT CREEK, BROWARD COLLEGE
ONE THE HARDEST AREAS HIT BUT
POMPANO BEACH ALSO FEELING THE
EFFECTS.
THE OFFICIALS SAY THIS ISN'T
OVER.
WE DO HAVE A THREAT OF STORMS
THROUGH TOMORROW.
WE ARE IN A WET PERIOD, YOU
KNOW, POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL ASK AND MORE TOMORROWS
FOR TOMORROW.
WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE THE
CLEAR BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
Andrew: AND TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS.
YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE THE BROWARD
COLLEGE CAMPUS.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE TRIES HAVE
BLOWN ONE WAY.
THEY'RE ALL LAYING OVER ONE WAY
OVER HERE.
OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE STILL
MEASURING TO SEE EXACTLY HOW FAR
THIS TORNADO WENT.
ERR WAS LIVE TONIGHT ON THE
CAMPUS BROWARD COLLEGE.
I'M ANDREW PEREZ.
Victor: WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER
OF TREES UPROOTED FROM THE
STORM.
Janine: AND WE ARE HEARING
FROM HOMEOWNERS WHO THE HAD TO
RUN FOR SAFETY WHEN THAT TORNADO
STRUCK.
HATZEL VELA CONTINUE OURS LIVE
TEAM COVERAGE NOW FROM COCONUT
CREEK.
Hatzel: JANINE, VICTOR WITH
ANDREW TALKED WITH THE TENSE
INTENSITY AND THE PYROAND
STRENGTH OF THIS STORM, AND THIS
IS THE RESULT.
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE SAW AS THIS
WAS HAPPENING, THIS MASSIVE
FICUS TREE UPROOTED.
YOU CAN SEE ROOTS THAT WERE
PULLED FROM GROUND THAT EXTEND
UP INTO THE STREET.
THESE FOLKS SAY THEY'RE THANKFUL
THAT NOTHING WORSE HAPPENED.
IT WAS DEFINITELY SCARY.
VERY CRAZY MORNING.
Hatzel: IN CORRECT NEIGHBORS
SLOWLY START DO TO COME OUT AND
SEE THE DAMAGE, THE POWER AND
INTENSE TIFT WIND INTONE FOR
THIS.
EXIT WAS OVER PRETTY QUICK
BUT IT WAS REALLY LOUD.
Hatzel: TODAY'S CABLE WAS HIS
GARAGE WHICH THINGS GOT REALLY
UGLY.
YOU COULDN'T SEE A DEFINITELY
FUNNEL BUT YOU COULD HEAR THE
CIRCULATION, YOU COULD HEAR IT
AND FEEL IT, SOUNDED LOOK WHEN A
LEARJET TAKES OFF.
Hatzel: IRIS GOT THE WARNING.
AND NOT EVEN A MINUTE AFTER,
IT PASSED RIGHT OVER MY HOUSE.
Hatzel: HER FATHER SHOWS US
THE DAMAGE.
THE WINDS RIPPED OUT WOODEN
BEAMS HOLDING UP THE ROOF IF HIS
TERRACE.
HERNANDEZ THINKS THE STORM WENT
RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF HIS
BACKYARD.
YOU CAN SEE HIS PAPAYA TREE HAS
BEEN ROUP UPROOTED AND ITS FENCE
ON THE SIDE.
SOME OF THE THINGS IN HIS
BACKYARD WERE TOSSED AROUND, THE
PIPES IN HIS POOL'S FILTERING
SYSTEM BROKE IN HALF AND OUTSIDE
THE TOP HALF OF THIS STURDY TREE
ENDED P ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
ROAD.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
IT FELT LIKE IT HAPPENED SO
FAST.
Hatzel: BOB SPINNER WAS ALSO
AT HOME WHEN IT HAPPENED.
AND THEN KABOOM, AND ALL THIS
FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS
BOUNCE OFF MY TILE ROOF, AND IT
WAS SO LOUD THAT I WAS SURE THE
TILES HAD PEELED OFF.
Hatzel: YOU CAN SEE AT THIS
HOUR RESIDENTS IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE STARTED TO
PICK UP, CLEAN UP THE DEBRIS.
YOU SEE THIS BASKETBALL POST NO
LONGER WORKS BECAUSE THE WIND
WAS SO STRONG, IT RIPPED APART
THE BACK END OF IT.
THIS ENDED UP ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE STREET.
THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HOW
BAD THINGS WERE OUT HERE.
LIVE IN COCONUT CREEK, HATZEL
VELA, LOCAL10 NEWS.
Janine: WHAT A MESS.
NOW LET'S HEAD BACK TO BROWARD
COLLEGE WHERE CARS WERE FLIPPED,
DROPPED, EVEN SMASHED LIE
TORNADO.
Victor: SO TRUCKS HAVE BEEN
BUSY ALL DAY.
LET'S GET TO SHYANN MALONE.
SHE SPOKES TO STUDENTS AND SHE
JOINS US LIVE.
Shyann: I'M OBVIOUSLY IN THE
PARKING LOT BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY
WHERE THE HONDA ACCORD WAS
PARKED WHEN IT WAS PICKED UP BY
WIND SPEEDS CLOSE TO 100 MILES
PER HOUR AND DROPPED RIGHT HERE
ON THE SPACE NEXT TO IT.
ON TOP OF A CAMRY.
BUT THEN MOTHER NATURE KEPT ON
GOING.
YOU SEE THIS PARKING LOT, THE
SPOT RIGHT THERE, THE SECOND ONE
IN?
A FORT PICKUP TRUCK WAS PARKED
THERE WHEN IT WAS PICKED UP AND
THROWN INTO THE FIELD.
A CAR ON TOP OF A CAR.
NOT THE USUAL SCENE IN THE
PARKING LOT FOR STUDENTS HERE AT
BROWARD COLLEGE.
A TOSHED CAN LIFT UP
ANYTHING.
Shyann: AND IT DID.
STRONG WINDS REACHING CLOSE TO
100 MILES PER HOUR, MANAGED TO
PICK UP THIS HONDA ACCORD AND
DROPPED IT ONTO THE TOYOTA CAMRY
PARKED RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
ANOTHER STUDENT SAID A CAR
WAS ON TOP OF ANOTHER CAR.
WHEN I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, IT
WAS MY CAR THAT WAS UNDER THE
CAR.
REALLY, REALLY CRAZY.
CAR ALL CAR FLYING AROUND.
IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY SCARY
THING.
Shyann: MOTHER NATURE ALSO
FORCE AWED FORD PICK UP TRUCK
OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND INTO
THE FIELD, THE WIND WHIPPING
ONTO ITS SIDE.
I DIDN'T CONSTITUTE.
I HAVE TO THINK THAT THE WIND
COULD PICK UP YOUR PUCK UP
TRUCK.
Shyann: BROKEN MIRRORS,
SHATTERED WINDSHIELDS, DENTS AND
DINGS SHOWS THE SMALLER PORTION
OF WEDNESDAY MORNING'S STORM
DAMAGE I HAVE.
NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT
IN MY LIFE UNLESS I GO TO THE
MOVIES.
Shyann: CREWS SPENT THE
MORNING DISLODGING THE CARS AND
CLEARING OUT THE OTHER CARS THAT
NEEDED REPAIRS.
STUDENTS RELIEVED NO ONE WAS
HURT.
AN AUTOMOBILE IS REPLACEABLE
BUT NOT A LIFE.
Shyann: WE'RE STILL TRYING TO
GET A FINAL NUMBER OF HOW MANY
CARS WERE DAMAGED, I'M TOLD
AROUND SIX.
WE WITNESSED FOUR CARS BEING
TOWED OFF BUT THIS IS JUST AB
EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE DEBRIS
STILL LEFT BEHIND IN THE PARKING
LOT, AND AS INVESTIGATORS LOOK
INTO THIS FURTHER THEY WILL
MAYBE REALIZE THERE IS MORE
DAMAGE.
A LOT OF THE OWNERS HAVEN'T
RETURNED TO THEIR CARS.
WHEN WE GET A FINAL NUMBER WE'LL