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Tornado Lifts 2-Story Central Florida Home

POSTED: Monday, October 24, 2005
UPDATED: 4:46 pm EDT October 24, 2005

As many as four tornadoes from Wilma touched down in Brevard County, Fla., Monday morning, including one that lifted a two-story home and moved it into a road, according to Local 6 News.

A woman in Melbourne Shores said she was sitting down watching TV when she heard a loud noise and then her second story was ripped from the home, Local 6 News reporter Vanessa Medina said.


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The wind continued to rip the house until only a shell of the first floor was left.

Neighbors said they found and rescued the woman yelling for help in her home's debris.

"Suddenly, there was a big whoosh and she was sitting out in the open air and the roof came off," resident Henry Bunso said. "Her mattress ended up on top of her. She began screaming and I ran over and pulled the mattress off.

The woman was not seriously injured when her house was blown into the road.

Also, residents at the Grand Oaks Apartments in West Melbourne reported a tornado caused significant damage to several units.

City officials in West Melbourne said that a tornado lifted a car from the apartment's parking lot and slammed it into a location near the apartments, Local 6 News reporter Louis Bolden reported.

"The city manager took one look at this and was certain that a tornado did this because of the branches," Bolden said.

Local 6 News showed video of roof damage at the apartment complex.

There were no injuries reported at the complex.

Monday, a tornado apparently touched down off Highway 192, near Wickham Road, Medina said.

Four tornadoes were reported in the southern half of the state Sunday night. One of the reported tornadoes was reported near Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral that caused some structural damage, but no injuries.

Watch Local 6 meteorologist Tom Sorrells, Larry Mowry and Michele Cimino for your latest forecast.

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