Multiple homes severely damaged by EF-2 tornado in central Florida

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AccuWeather's Leslie Hudson was on the scene in Longwood, Florida, to hear from survivors of a tornado that ripped through central Florida on March 10.

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00:00So a rare EF2 tornado touched down in this neighborhood just north of Orlando, Florida.

00:06You can see this home completely destroyed.

00:08There were two people inside that home when the tornado came through this area about 930

00:13this morning.

00:14Thankfully, they were not injured.

00:16But this is just one of multiple homes in the Longwood area in central Florida that

00:21had serious or substantial damage from this EF2 tornado.

00:26Now, the National Weather Service says they were tracking this line of weather from the

00:30Tampa Bay area early this morning and watched the storms cross the state.

00:34And as they got into this part of central Florida, they turned into these tornadic storms

00:38that created this damage.

00:40We talked to several people that live in this neighborhood, one that witnessed this tornado

00:44firsthand.

00:45I heard like a train going by.

00:47I had my garage door open and I came outside and I seen the wind and it was so scary.

00:54It was just, you know, I mean, you get scared and then 30, 40 seconds later, it just, you

00:59know, came down.

01:00Another homeowner also had substantial damage and his son-in-law came out here early this

01:05morning to check on them.

01:06They are OK, but also their home is uninhabitable.

01:10They took shelter in place and I mean, it was pretty loud and everything.

01:15But after everything passed, you know, they went outside, their tree had fallen over.

01:19The neighbor across the street's house was ripped off the top.

01:22And just as ironic as that storm moved through this area this morning, the sun is out now.

01:28Blue skies are around, is expected to be a gorgeous afternoon here in the central Florida

01:32area.

01:33But many homeowners here will have a long road ahead with lots of cleanup underway as

01:38crews continue to survey the damage from this tornado that touched down just north of Orlando,

01:43Florida earlier today.

01:44Reporting from Longwood, Florida, I'm Leslie Hudson for AccuWeather.

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