An EF2 tornado with winds of 115 mph cut a mile-long path of damage through Palm Coast on Florida’s Atlantic coast, the National Weather Service in Jacksonville said. The storms kept tracking east across the state, reaching parts of northeast Florida Thursday morning. School was canceled across the county Thursday because of the damage. Citrus County Sheriff's Office/FacebookĬitrus County officials said most of the roads that were closed because of downed power lines, trees and debris had since reopened. Patrons who were staying at Riverwind hotel have been moved to the location and they're expecting to have power up Sunday or Monday.Īs for the damage along Highway 9, Zachary told FOX 25 he estimates between $12,000 to $15,000.Tornado damage in Crystal River, Florida, on October 12, 2023. “Praise the lord nobody was hurt,” Zachary said. Reports from the casino show that attendees for a benefit concert for the Beach Boys were evacuated when water began leaking from the roof.Īlong highway 9, the storm knocked down power lines, shutting down the highway between I-35 and 24th Avenue SW. “We did not receive a notification from the national weather service about a tornado warning in the area until the tornado hit,” Koch said. And because the rain that came in, that did some damage the machines on the floor,” said Riverwind Casino spokesperson, Kym Koch.Ĭasino officials said no one was hurt when the tornado hit, but they said employees didn't have enough time to tell their guest to take shelter. “The tornado mainly did damage to the roof. Inside of the casino, out of the 2,700 machines 800 of them shut down due to flooding inside.

A whole a piece was torn off near the roof of the hotel. Just down the street, Riverwind Casino suffered flooding and wind damage, blowing out one window on the first floor. “We're just trying to separate anything from the junk, trash, metal and then anything that's salvageable,” said Zachary. His storage building that he rents to stash fork lift, trailers and small welder has been completely demolished. “We seen where it hit the Riverwind and we thought, uh oh! It's going to be pretty close here and sure enough it was,” said Zachary. Zachary told FOX 25 he got nervous once he found out Riverwind Casino was hit. Zachary tries to figure out what's salvageable after a tornado ripped through Cleveland county. “Wow! It's going to be a mess to clean up,” Zachary said. One Norman resident, Mark Zachary, said it'll take some time to clean up the mess this EF-1 tornado made.

NORMAN (KOKH) - New reports by the national weather service center confirming an EF-1 tornado touched down in the Norman area, causing damage to the Riverwind Casino and neighboring businesses.

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