ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Families are left to rebuild after an EF-1 tornado ripped through central Orange County Saturday.Trees collapsed into homes and onto cars, taking power lines with them.
Roadways were blocked well into Sunday as emergency crews worked to get the power back on and clean up piles of storm debris.The National Weather Service in Melbourne determined the EF-1 twister touched down Saturday near Ferncreek and Lake Margaret.
Meteorologists surveyed the area and sifted through video to determine the tornado started as a waterspout on Lake Conway and lifted near Lake Lawsona.
The tornado intensified as it moved north doing the most substantial damage in the vicinity of Lake Margaret Drive and Ferncreek Avenue.