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ORLANDO, Fla. – Severe storms ripped through Central Florida on Tuesday afternoon, prompting a tornado warning in Volusia County and causing “significant damage” in DeLand, according to sheriff’s officials.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office tweeted, “Significant storm damage, Pine St, DeLand,” along with several photos, one of which shows a house with a collapsed roof. Another photo showed downed power lines and trees.
Deputies with the Sheriff’s Office are going door-to-door checking on people.
We are going door to door checking on people. For news media: Staging area for storm coverage is the parking lot just south of Save a Lot at Plymouth and Woodland, DeLand pic.twitter.com/mQwyUovj9K
— Volusia Sheriff (@VolusiaSheriff) August 18, 2020
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The city of DeLand, meanwhile, tweeted video of street flooding.
“Avoid New York Avenue at Florida Avenue,” the city tweeted.
The city also tweeted, “People traveling home from work need to avoid North DeLand. Multiple trees and power lines down. Photos taken in North Orange/North Adelle area.”
People traveling home from work need to avoid North DeLand. Multiple trees and power lines down. Photos taken in North Orange/North Adelle area. pic.twitter.com/3otyIaBHHd
— City of DeLand (@CityofDeLand) August 18, 2020
There’s no immediate word if anyone was injured.
The tornado warning expired at 4:15 p.m.
UPDATE: While another line of strong storms moved through Central Florida on Tuesday, the National Weather Service began issuing warnings.
Shortly before 3:55 p.m., a tornado warning was issued for DeLand until 4:15 p.m.
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3:53 pm | Strong thunderstorm over Deland, moving NE at 10 mph. This storm is capable of producing winds up to 55 mph . Torrential rain & frequent lightning are occurring. Areas impacted are Daytona Beach, Deland, Deleon Springs, and Deland Airport.
— NWS Melbourne (@NWSMelbourne) August 18, 2020
The National Weather Service said at 4:09 p.m. that the tornado warning for Volusia County remained in effect.
DeLand city officials tweeted video that showed flooding in the area of New York and Florida avenues. The water could be seen almost reaching the top of a tire on a truck that was trying to drive through at the time.
A flood advisory was also in effect for parts of Brevard County, according to local emergency operations officials. Brevard EOC officials said in a tweet that strong winds and hail were possible.
8/18/20, 3:50PM | Flood advisory for NW Brevard and Strong TS near Titusville, moving NE at 5 mph. This storm is capable of producing winds up to 50 mph and pea sized hail. Torrential rain & frequent lightning are occurring. Areas impacted are Rockledge, Cocoa, and Cape Canaveral https://t.co/ktgb3INQel
— Brevard EOC (@BrevardEOC) August 18, 2020
More than 1,800 customers near Buenaventura Lakes in Osceola County were left without power when Tuesday’s storms downed power lines, according to the Kissimmee Utility Authority outage map.
The outage impacted customers west of Florida’s Turnpike near Oak Run Boulevard to east of Simpson Road, according to the KUA map.
KUA was on scene to repair the power lines with an estimated restoration time of about 1 hour, according to the company’s website.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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