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I'M LUANNE SORRELL.
7 NEWS.
AND PLANTATION WAS ALSO HIT HARD
BIT STORM.
DEREK HAYWARD IS THERE.
OUR TEAM 7 COVERAGE CONTINUES
WITH HIM.
DEREK.
BELKEYS, NORTHWEST 134th
134th AVENUE THIRD STREET THIS
IS THE AREA IN PLANTATION WHERE
THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT
BEHIND ME.
THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO
SALVAGE WHATEVER THEY CAN BEFORE
WE GET SOME RAIN.
YOU CAN SEE DARK RAIN CLOUDS
MOVING IN NOW OVER HEAD.
AS BAD AS THIS IS, THERE WAS NO
INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE BECAUSE
THESE PEOPLE WERE A AWAY AT A
FUNERAL OUT OF STATE.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BACK
HERE LAST NIGHT WHEN THE TORNADO
STRUCK HERE BUT LUCKY FOR THEM
THEY STAYED AWAY AN EXTRA DAY.
>> MAN OH MAN.
>> OH MY GOD.
ALL MY STUFF.
>> ALL RIGHT HONEY.
THIS HAD TO BE A SHOCK WALKING
UP HERE?
IT'S THE MOST AWFUL THING?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> BUT YOU REALIZE OF COURSE IT
WAYS BLESSING YOU WEREN'T HERE?
YOU REALIZE THAT?
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
BUT IT FILL MUST HURT?
IT HURTS A LOT.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THAT?
A MESS, AN ABSOLUTE MESS.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT
THOUGH?
YOU HAVE TO BE.
YOU HAVE TO THINK THOUGH ROBERT,
ISN'T IT GLAD YOU WEREN'T HERE?
ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE WE WOULD BE
DEAD.
>> HOW STRONG WERE THE WINDS IN
THIS TORNADO.
I WOULD SAY... I HAVEN'T CLOSELY
RATED THIS AREA YET BUT I COULD
WOW SAY CLOSE TO 100 MILES PER
HOUR IF NOT MORE.
WHICH IS STRONG FOR HERE?
YEAH.
MOST OF THE TORNADOES ARE ON THE
LOWER END OF THE TORNADO SCALE.
MAYBE, 70, OR 80, 85 MILES PER
HOUR.
GROUND ZERO WAS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF NORTHWEST
134th AVENUE AND 6th STREET
IN PLANTATION T. WAS ABOUT
10 O'CLOCK TUESDAY NIGHT.
SOUND LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN
COMING THROUGH AND I TOLD MY
GIRLFRIEND, GET ON THE FLOOR.
THE DRIVER OF THIS SUV ENDED UP
HAVING TO CLIMB OUT OF A SIDE
WINDOW.
ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER AND I
JUST STARTED TO GET AIRBORNE AND
WENT TO THE DITCH.
>> HONESTLY I DIDN'T HEAR
ANYTHING.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON
UNTIL A PIECE OF WOOD, FOUR BY
FOUR WENT THROUGH THIS DOOR.
>> WHERE DID IT HIT?
RIGHT HERE.
IT WENT FROM THAT DOOR RIGHT IN
HERE.
>> IT WAS A LOT OF WIND AND I
HEARD NOISES.
HEAVY THE CHIHUAHUA AND HIS
PRIZED HUMAN BENNY BER NEOHAD A
BIZARRE EXPERIENCE.
>> IT WAS TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE
TORNADO HIT, I GOT A KNOCK ON
THE DOOR.
THREE YOK MEN IN SUITS AND TIES
HANDED HER THIS RELIGIOUS BOOK I
KNOW THIS BOOK IS THE WORD OF
GOD.
SHE IS CONVINCED THE SPECIAL
HEART FELT WORDS HELPED HER
PROTECT HER HOME WHILE NEIGHBORS
WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE.
>> BLESSED YOUR LIFE.
AND GOD DEFINITELY BLESSED IT.
NOTHING HAPPENED HERE.
>>> BUT THE DEBRIS FIELD AS YOU
CAN SEE ACROSS THE SUNSHINE
MOBILE HOME PARK IS QUITE BROAD
HERE BUT NONE AS REMARKABLE
THAT'S PIECE 45 FEET UP IN THAT
TREE.
THAT PIECE OF SIDING DIDN'T LAND
THERE.
IT ACTUALLY GOT WRAPPED AND
TWISTED SEVERAL TIMES AROUND THE
TRUNK OF THE TREATMENT AS THE
FOLKS HERE CONTINUE TO TRY TO