>> WITH CLICK ORLANDO DOT COM. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 6 GETTING RESULTS.
>> STRAIGHT TO BREAKING NEWS AT
6 SEVERE STORMS RIPPED THROUGH
CENTRAL FLORIDA CAUSING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THANKS FOR
JOINING US TONIGHT, I’M LISA
BELL AND I’M MATT AUSTIN SKY 6
LIVE OVER THE DAMAGE IN DELAND
OF THE STORM RIPPED OFF ROOFS
OF HOMES AND BUILDINGS LOOK AT
IT OUT THERE TOPPLED TREES
KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES RIGHT
NOW WE’RE TOLD THE LUCIA COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE GOING DOOR
TO DOOR TO CHECK ON PEOPLE WE
WANT TO GET RIGHT OUT TO NEWS
SIX’S NICKY ZIZAZA SHE JUST
GOT THEIR JOINS US LIVE NOW
ALONG PINE STREET WITH A LOOK
AT THAT DAMAGE SO NICKY WHAT’S
IT LOOKING LIKE OUT THERE.
>> WELL MATT I’LL TELL YOU IT’S
LOOKING PRETTY BAD THE DAMAGE
YOU SEE AROUND ME IS FROM THIS
APPARENT TORNADO THAT IS FORCED
PEOPLE IN THIS AREA OUT OF
THEIR HOMES I WANT TO STEP
ASIDE AND I WANT TO GET
STRAIGHT TO THAT SKY 6 VIDEO
THAT WE CAPTURED OF THIS DAMAGE
FROM THE STORM THAT BLEW
THROUGH THIS AREA WITH BEING
DOWN TREES AND EVEN ROOFS BLOWN
OFF HOMES GOING DOWN THE STREET
ALL YOU SEE ARE NOTHING BUT
BRANCHES STREWN ALL OVER.
FOLLOWING THAT WE WANT TO GET
TO SOME OF THE IMAGES WE’VE
BEEN CAPTURED ON THE GROUND
WE’RE TALKING DEBRIS DOOR
HANDLES EVEN MAILBOXES IN
PEOPLE’S YARDS WE’VE SEEN SOME
PEOPLE EVEN ON TOP OF ROOFS
TRYING TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE ON
THEIR OWN.
ALSO IT’S NOT CLEAR AT THIS
POINT IF ANYONE WAS INSIDE
THESE HOMES WHEN THIS TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN. BUT OFFICIALS
WITH VOLUSIA COUNTY SAY THEY
ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO MAKE
SURE EVERYONE IS
ALL RIGHT.
>> ALONG BOSTON AVENUE NEAR
ABLE AVENUE WE’RE SEEING SOME
PEOPLE EVEN ARRIVING HOME TO
ALL OF THIS DAMAGE WE’VE BEEN
TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE AS WE
ARRIVED HERE WHO ARE TRYING
TO NAVIGATE THE ROAD GOING
AROUND ALL THESE BRANCHES NOT
WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK LIVE TO
YOU JUST A GLIMPSE OF THE
DAMAGE THAT YOU SEE.
>> OFF TO MY RIGHT, I’LL HAVE
MY PHOTOGRAPHER PAN OVER TO
SEE SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT YOU
SEE OUT HERE WE’RE TALKING
BRANCHES DOWN IN THIS DRIVEWAY
HERE.
>> WHERE CROSS YOU CAN SEE A
MAN I DON’T KNOW IF YOU COULD
SEE IT FROM MY VANTAGE POINT
WHO WAS ON TOP OF A ROOF RIGHT
NOW DOING SOME KIND OF
PATCHWORK.
OVER HERE OFF TO MY LEFT YOU
COULD EVEN SEE SOME OF THESE
DOWNED BRANCHES ONE NEARLY ON
TOP OF ANOTHER HOME, AND EVEN
THIS MAILBOX HERE JUST DOWN ON
THE A LOT OF THIS TRAFFIC
YOU’RE SEEING.
>> TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY
HOME AND TAKING ALTERNATE
ROUTES. NOW WE NEED TO SOME
PEOPLE OUT HERE WITH A WOMAN
APPROACHED
HAS SAID. HER HOUSE IS
COMPLETED AND THAT SHE’S NOT
SURE EXACTLY THE BAD BUT IT’S
BEEN FORMATION FROM SOME OF THE
YEAR AS TO WHAT POINT ARE IN
REGARDS TO MAKE SURE TO LET YOU
DOWN BUT OK NICKY THANK YOU
VERY YOU CAN SEE ARE SHOT
FREEZING UP THERE. BUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT ON THE ROADS RIGHT
NOW CITY OF DELAND.
>> SAYS MOST OF THE DAMAGE IS
CONTAINED TO NORTH TO LAND.
>> OFFICIALS ASKING PEOPLE TO
AVOID THE AREA SO THEIR CREWS
CAN WORK YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT
SHOT PEOPLE ARE NOT AVOIDING
THE AREAS. I’M NOT SURE IF
THEY’RE DRIVING AROUND JUST
BECAUSE IT’S A BUSY TIME TO BE
ON THE ROADS ARE ACTUALLY
TRYING TO GET OUT THERE AND
SEE THE DAMAGE WHICH IS PRETTY
EXTENSIVE NEWS. SIX’S
LOREN KORN SHE JOINS US NOW ON
THE PHONE SO LAUREN TELL US
WHERE YOU’RE AT AND WHAT YOU’RE
SEEING.
>> WELL, I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU
ARE NOT BUT I PARKED GAYLE OR
WHAT YOU’RE SAYING, BUT ON A
PARK HILL AVENUE AND WOODLAND
BOULEVARD WHERE A LOT OF THE
TRAFFIC TRYING TO GO. BACK ON
IFB BECAUSE YOU SIMPLY CANNOT
GET THROUGH THE DAMAGE IS JUST
PROOF.
>> HORRIFIC YOU KNOW BACK ON I
B BOTH SIDE THERE’S A LOT OF
CONGESTION THERE’S AT LEAST
ONE TRAFFIC LIGHT OUT OVER AND
JACOBS WROTE AN ISP DEPUTIES
ARE EVERYWHERE I GOT TO DRIVE
ALONG.
PART OF PARKDALE AVENUE IN
ALABAMA AND I THOUGHT. ROOFS
RIPPED OFF THE HOMES DOWNED
POWER LINE A TREE TOOK OUT SOME
POWER LINE. A SIGN THAT ARE
GONE AND ONE LADY I SPOKE WITH
YOU KNOW SHE HEARD THE SIGNAL
PAY FOR THE TORNADO COMING AND
HE HID IN A CLOSET. WHEN HE
CAME OUT HE WENT DOWN BY THE
WALK A HOUSE NEARBY SAW A CAR
FLIPPED OVER SHE
SAID SHE LET’S FIRST EVER HEARD
A TORNADO HERE. HE IS THE WORST
IMAGE.
HAD EVER A LITTLE WHILE AGO I
WAS SPEAKING WITH SHERIFF MIKE
CHITWOOD AND HE SAID IT’S LIKE
GROUND 0 IN THE AREA OF ALABAMA
AND CAN CAN CAN ALSO ALONG PINE
AND WASHINGTON. RIGHT NIKKI
ALSO
MENTION THAT YOU KNOW HOMES
DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME THAT
AREA DAMAGED AS WELL THE CITY
TELLS ME THERE’S A LOT OF
DAMAGE ON ORANGE
BUT THEY AGAIN THEY HAVE THE
AREA LIKE YOU MENTIONED THAT
THAT IF NORTH PART OF THE LAND
A LOCKED DOWN BECAUSE THAT’S
WHERE MOST OF THE DAMAGE IS.
DEBRIS DOWNED
POWER LINES. DAMAGE TO CARS
HOMES AND BUILDINGS SO THEY
REALLY REALLY REALLY NEED
PEOPLE TO AVOID THE AREA IF
POSSIBLE. THAT’S THE MAIN
MESSAGE THAT THEY WANT TO
EXPRESS. TONIGHT AND YES,
CANADA GET MORE INFORMATION I
WILL PASS ALONG TO YOU ABOUT
RIGHT NOW I WILL SEND IT BACK
TO YOU IN THE STUDIO ALONG
WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE
DAMAGE WE CAN SEE JUST TONS OF
DEBRIS FROM HOUSES AND THIS
AREA IN NORTH DELAND I WANT
TO ASK YOU YOU MENTIONED.
>> SEEING SOME DOWNED POWER
LINES. I KNOW WE’VE SEEN IT
FROM SKY 6. THERE’S GOT TO BE
SOME POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA
THAT PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH
RIGHT NOW I WOULD THINK.
>> YEAH A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID
THIRDLY THEY HAVE NO POWER
I LEFT COMPANY AND THEY WERE
REPORTED AND I DIDN’T
PHYSICALLY SEE IT FROM THE GET
SAID THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE
POWER AT THAT HOTEL AND THAT’S
WHY I BE NEAR WOODLAND
BOULEVARD SO I CAN JUST TELL A
LOT OF STORES, YOU KNOW THEY’RE
DARK BECAUSE THEIR POWER WENT
OUT I DIDN’T HIT HARD HIT A BIG
AREA HERE AND A MAP PEOPLE WALK
AROUND YOU KNOW PROBABLY
BECAUSE THEY’RE WITHOUT POWER.
THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT’S GOING
ON IS JUST.
TRIMET IS THE DAMAGE HERE IS
JUST TRYING TO SO AGAIN THE
MAIN MESSAGE PLEASE AVOID AND
FORCED TO IF POSSIBLE BECAUSE
THERE’S A LOT OF DEBRIS AND
THEY JUST WANT PEOPLE TO BE
THAT AS THE PRIME WE NOT THE
FACT.
>> LAUREN THANK YOU AS WE
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THESE LIVE
PICTURES FROM SKY 6 JUST
HEARTBREAKING TO SEE SOME OF
THE DESTRUCTION IT LOOKS LIKE
AN
ENTIRE ROOF. BLOWN OFF THIS
ONE HOUSE YOU CAN SEE SOME
FIREFIGHTERS OUT THERE WALKING
AROUND AS WELL AS SOME OTHER
PEOPLE JUST BEGINNING TO ASSESS
THE DAMAGE. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
REALLY MOST OF THE CONTENTS
FROM THAT HOUSE NOW STREWN
ABOUT THAT
PROPERTY THERE. AND OF COURSE
DOWNED TREES AND DOWNED POWER
LINES AS WELL, YEAH AND YOU
CAN SEE AS LISA MENTIONED
FIREFIGHTERS WALKING AROUND
I KNOW THERE’S GOING TO BE A
TEMPTATION FOR FOLKS TO GO OUT
AND CHECK OUT THE DAMAGE BUT
WITH ALL OF THAT DEBRIS YOU CAN
JUST IMAGINE THE SPLINTERS AND
THE MALES IT’S A DANGEROUS
PLACE TO WALK WE’VE SEEN PEOPLE
DRIVING AROUND A LOT TRYING
TO CHECK IT OUT CLOGGING UP THE
ROADS THAT’S THE LAST THING
THESE CREWS.
>> NEED RIGHT NOW SO JUST KIND
OF GIVE THEM THEIR SPACE TO BE
ABLE TO WORK AND WE DID HEAR
FROM THE P I O OF DELAND WHO
SAID THEY HAVEN’T HEARD ANY
REPORTS OF INJURIES WHICH
LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE SKY
THAT’S A PRETTY AMAZING FACT,
YEAH, IT’S REALLY HARD TO
ASSESS JUST HOW MANY BUILDINGS
WERE DAMAGED THERE, BUT YOU
CAN SEE.
>> AT LEAST IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT
HALF A DOZEN BUILDINGS IN THIS
SHOT ALONE HAVE SUSTAINED
DAMAGE AND I KNOW WE’VE SEEN.
REPORTS FROM OTHER PARTS OF
DELAND OF COURSE THE DOWNTOWN
AREA SOME FLOODING, IT LOOKS
LIKE SOME CARS EVEN PARTIALLY
SUBMERGED THERE. YOUR BEST BET
RIGHT NOW IS TO JUST CONTINUE
TO STAY INSIDE MONITOR THESE
PICTURES ONLINE AND STAY SAFE
BECAUSE THE DANGER IS NOT OVER
JUST YET. WELL WE’VE BEEN
TELLING YOU THAT THE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE THEY’RE GOING DOOR TO
DOOR TO TRY TO CHECK ON PEOPLE
IN THESE HOMES AND STRUCTURES
MAKE SURE THEY’RE OK.
>> NOW THEY HAVE SET UP A
REUNIFICATION LOCATION HAS SO
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FAMILY
MEMBERS RIGHT NOW MAYBE HAVE
SOME FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LIVED
IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE SEEING
A LOT OF DAMAGE.
>> THE PLACE AT THE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE IS ASKING PEOPLE TO GO
IS 8, 4, 3, NORTH WOODLAND
BOULEVARD. THAT’S AT THE CORNER
OF PLYMOUTH AVENUE IN DELAND
THEY DON’T WANT PEOPLE
NECESSARILY DRIVING AROUND A
BUNCH OF STREETS LOOKING FOR
THEIR RELATIVES OR FRIENDS.
THAT’S THE LOCATION TO GO TO
RIGHT THERE ON YOUR MAP.
SO AS WE TAKE A LOOK BACK OVER
SKY 6 WANT TO BRING IN CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST TOM SORRELLS TOM,
I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN LOOKING AT
THESE PICTURES WITH US.
>> YOU ARE GUIDING PEOPLE
THROUGH THIS AS SOON AS THAT
WARNING CAME ON TELEVISION AND
I KNOW THAT THERE’S BEEN
NOTHING CONFIRMED YET THERE’S
BEEN NO TIME FOR CREWS TO GET
ON THE GROUND BUT WHEN YOU SEE
THIS AND YOU SEE ROOFS JUST
GONE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE YOU YOU
THINK STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS DO
YOU THINK A TORNADO COULD HAVE
TOUCHDOWN THINK THEY COULD HAVE
TOUCHED ONLY REALLY COULD HAVE
SOME OF THAT LOOKS TWISTED IN
TOOK NOLLEY ROOFS
DOWNED TREES.
>> WE GET DOWN TREES THINK OKAY
CAN BE DAMAGED AND A BIG DEAL
THEY COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS BUT THE WAY
THE ROOFS ARE GONE AWAY SOME OF