{"id":112680,"date":"2024-10-10T22:30:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T15:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112680"},"modified":"2024-10-10T22:30:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T15:30:55","slug":"hurricane-milton-tornado-rips-through-florida-retirement-community-with-multiple-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112680","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Milton tornado rips through Florida retirement community, with multiple deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/news\/florida\/multiple-fatalities-at-senior-community-after-tornado-outbreak-in-florida-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Milton tornado <\/a>tore through a Florida retirement community Wednesday, killing multiple residents and leaving a level of destruction not seen locally for decades, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Four people died in St. Lucie County, on Florida\u2019s east coast, and more than one of those fatalities came at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/8458186620942594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish Lakes Country Club Village<\/a>, a neighborhood designed for residents 55 and older, county spokesman Erick Gill said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI can\u2019t confirm that all of them [the four deaths] were from the Spanish Lakes neighborhood that was hardest hit,\u201d Gill told NBC News. \u201cI don\u2019t know if it was all four [fatalities at Spanish Lakes], but I know there was more than one [there].\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/weather\/hurricanes\/live-blog\/hurricane-milton-live-updates-rcna174774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Follow along for live coverage<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__yAWZ0 styles_medium__OMa6x\"><picture class=\"styles_image__1qciH\" data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241010-spanish-lakes-country-club-mn-1005-770f12.png 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241010-spanish-lakes-country-club-mn-1005-770f12.png 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241010-spanish-lakes-country-club-mn-1005-770f12.png 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241010-spanish-lakes-country-club-mn-1005-770f12.png 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241010-spanish-lakes-country-club-mn-1005-770f12.png\" alt=\"Spanish Lakes Country Club in Fort Pierce, Fla.\" height=\"401\" width=\"675\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__Pe5JC\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Spanish Lakes Country Club in Fort Pierce, Fla.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Google Maps<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">The tornadoes struck at about 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\/video\/hurricane-milton-makes-landfall-as-category-3-storm-near-siesta-key-florida-221343301823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milton making landfall<\/a> on Florida\u2019s west coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">There had been no orders to evacuate that area \u201cbecause it was well ahead of the actual impact that we were expecting to receive from Hurricane Milton,\u201d according to Gill. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOne of the challenges with tornadoes is you don\u2019t really get warnings,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ve worked for St. Lucie County for 21 years. I was here when we had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Uf2VYbcp86U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frances<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/mfl\/jeanne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeanne<\/a> 20 years ago and I have not seen this level of destruction since then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Search-and-rescue teams are still combing through tornado-ravaged neighborhoods on Thursday, looking for anyone who might still be trapped under rubble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\"> \u201cWe\u2019re not going to stop until we double-check, triple-check to make sure that anyone in there that needs to be rescued is rescued,\u201d  St. Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson said in a video message to the community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/hurricane-milton-tornado-rips-florida-retirement-community-killing-mul-rcna174835\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Hurricane Milton tornado tore through a Florida retirement community Wednesday, killing multiple residents and leaving a level of destruction not seen locally for decades, officials said. 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