The number of people killed during Friday's outbreak of tornadoes in Central Florida is expected to exceed 19 as officials continue a search for several missing residents, according to Local 6 News.

Photos: Most Severe Damage

Authorities said 13 deaths were confirmed in Paisley, Fla., and six in Lady Lake, Fla., when a super cell thunderstorm cut a path through four counties after 3 a.m. Friday.

Local 6 News learned that a 7-year-old student from Spring Creek Elementary School, a 15-year-old student from Leesburg High School and a 17-year-old student from Leesburg High School were among the confirmed dead. No names were released early Saturday.

"Officials expect those numbers to rise," Local 6's Jacqueline London said.

Looters Turned Away

In Lady Lake, a state trooper told Local 6 that she used her flashlight to stop three potential looters after dark Friday night.

"As many people try to pick up the pieces, unfortunately they have another concern -- trying to protect their property from looters," Local 6's Louis Bolden said. "With power still out in some areas, the dark conditions are prime for those looking to take advantage of others."

Local 6 reported that Officer Anthony Cacciurri is one of many lawmen working around the clock and guarding people's personal belongings.

"(I'm here) to make sure all of the residents who live in here get to come in and those who don't live in here stay out," Cacciurri said. "There has already been enough damage, so they put us in place to stop people who have bad intentions from going inside."

Several shelters remained opened Saturday for storm victims in Lake County. The shelters are located at the North Lake Presbyterian Church on Rolling Acres in Lady Lake, The First Baptist Church on Fisherman's Road and The Villages Elementary School.

911 Calls

Dispatchers received a flood of 911 calls during the early-morning storms from homeowners reporting that roofs had been ripped off their homes. Local 6 aired one of the calls Friday night:

"My roof is gone; Oh my gosh," a caller told a 911 dispatcher.

"Listen, what is your address?" the dispatcher said.

"Hawthorne Drive. Oh, sweet Jesus," the caller said, crying)."

"Is anyone injured?" the dispatcher said.

"No," the woman said.

"The roof is just missing?" the dispatcher said.

"Yes, my living room and my bedroom and my kitchen," the caller said.

"And there is nobody injured, correct?" the dispatcher said.

"No, but I don't know about my neighbors," the caller said. "There are just old people living in here, honey."

$80M In Damage In Volusia

Meanwhile, as many as 36 people were injured and more than 500 homes were damaged in Volusia County during the storms.

Damage was estimated to be at $80 million, according to a Local 6 News report.

Residents located at the Hawthorne Hills Mobile Home Park witnessed some of the most extensive damage.

"I live next to Robin's Radiator, and his place was demolished and it is all in front of where I walk in, "Irene Martin said. "I was in my living room with my two dogs, and you could see the lightning and you could hear the thunder and the rain and everything. And, it seemed all of the sudden it got very windy and it got very, very quiet and then all of the sudden -- bam, a big, big explosion. I didn't know what was going on."

A curfew remained in effect for parts of Volusia County early Saturday.

In Volusia County, the Babe James Community Center on Myrtle Avenue in New Smyrna Beach and the Chisholm Community Center in DeLand remained open as shelters.

The Volusia County Health Department's Deland Clinic was closed because of severe storm damage.

State Of Emergency Declared

During a Friday conference, Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency for Lake, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia counties.

Crist and Sen. Bill Nelson toured several locations in Central Florida, including the city of Paisley.

Crist compared Paisley's devastation to hurricane damage seen in Florida.

"Hurricanes are tough, as we all know," Crist said. "But this level of intensity, I've not seen it like this before."

Nelson said Paisley was pulverized by the tornado.

"You should see it over there in Paisley, where I understand the death toll is up to 13. It is an area that the best I can describe is a pulverized war zone about 300 yards wide," said Nelson, a former astronaut. "And apparently the intensity of all of those winds hit this one area where there were a number of home and mobile homes. It is just pulverized. It is like a moonscape."

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