Cleanup underway after EF-1 tornado rips 20-mile path through Flagler County
KORONA, Fla. โ Cleanup efforts are underway after an EF-1 tornado ripped through Flagler County over the weekend. Flagler Countyโs Public Works Department said crews will begin picking up debris that could impact roadways Monday and should finish their cleanup efforts by Friday. โThis is a public safety issue along our roadways,โ county engineer Faith Alkhatib said. โWe have estimated there is 10,000 cubic yards of debris, mostly downed trees, that need to be removed from the county right of ways.โ[RELATED: PHOTOS, VIDEOS: EF-1 tornado rips through Flagler County | Nearly 20-mile path of EF-1 tornado in Flagler wasnโt longest track Central Florida has seen]Officials said the work will begin in Korona before moving east toward John Anderson Highway. The tornado downed power lines and hundreds of trees in its path, according to Flagler County officials.
Nearly 20-mile path of EF-1 tornado in Flagler wasnโt longest track Central Florida has seen
The EF-1 tornado that ripped through Flagler County brought reports of significant damage to the area, but it isnโt the first time the county has seen those conditions. On this same date six years ago -- Dec. 14, 2013 -- seven homes were destroyed and more than 150 others were damaged by an EF-1 tornado that struck the Indian Trails neighborhood of Palm Coast. A EF1 tornado hits Palm Coast on Dec. 14, 2019. Still though, it isnโt the only long-track tornado Central Florida has seen in recent years. The worst of the damage from the 2007 outbreak was seen in Lady Lake, the Lake Mack area and New Smyrna Beach.