The National Weather Service Miami confirmed a tornado that touched down in Palm Beach Gardens on Saturday.The NWS is currently in the process of surveying the damage from the tornado.Gallery: Tornado damage in Palm Beach GardensThe tornado caused damage at the Point at Palm Beach Gardens apartments. Cars were also damaged in that parking lot and nearby trees were destroyed.”I watched it for about 20 seconds to see which way it was going to move and then obviously, when I saw it kind of closing in toward us, I immediately shut the slider, went back in, huddled in the bathroom, the building started to shake, there was a lot of noise for 20 to 25 seconds,” said Andrew Laybourne, who lives in the Point at Palm Beach Gardens apartments. Laybourne says he’s lucky his apartment only had a little damage. But other people’s apartments had more significant damage, and several cars were thrown around during the tornado.”I got chill bumps on my arm,” said Jason Rash, who lives in the Point at Palm Beach Gardens apartments. “I’m lucky to be alive. I had my back against the concrete wall. I’m in an open-air parking deck and I’m like, ‘I’m going to get blown away. If I stand here, I’m going to get slammed against the wall.'”Rash was on the phone with his son, who was across the parking lot at a gym. They’re both doing OK.”The whole time when you’re thinking about your child trapped in a building over here and he can’t get out and you can’t get to him and I was like, ‘Oh my God, my life is in danger’ and that’s when I ran to get to the stairwell,” Rash said.”(My son) started crying and he was like, ‘Dad, what can I do?’ and I was like, ‘Get down! Get down! Get down!’” Rash said. Power lines in the area exploded after the storm passed. Many trees along U.S. 1 in Palm Beach Gardens fell down due to the storm. At least one boat that was docked capsized. Firefighters say two cars driving southbound on U.S. 1 rolled over due to the storm. First responders say one of those drivers had minor injuries. In Juno Beach, several power lines are now slanted due to the storm. “It’s got to be a tornado because I’ve never seen anything like this in all the hurricanes I’ve seen. This was powerful,” said Norman Hirsch, who lives in Juno Beach. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue crews say they’re still assessing the damage.
The National Weather Service Miami confirmed a tornado that touched down in Palm Beach Gardens on Saturday.
The NWS is currently in the process of surveying the damage from the tornado.
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Gallery: Tornado damage in Palm Beach Gardens
The tornado caused damage at the Point at Palm Beach Gardens apartments. Cars were also damaged in that parking lot and nearby trees were destroyed.
“I watched it for about 20 seconds to see which way it was going to move and then obviously, when I saw it kind of closing in toward us, I immediately shut the slider, went back in, huddled in the bathroom, the building started to shake, there was a lot of noise for 20 to 25 seconds,” said Andrew Laybourne, who lives in the Point at Palm Beach Gardens apartments.
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Laybourne says he’s lucky his apartment only had a little damage. But other people’s apartments had more significant damage, and several cars were thrown around during the tornado.
“I got chill bumps on my arm,” said Jason Rash, who lives in the Point at Palm Beach Gardens apartments. “I’m lucky to be alive. I had my back against the concrete wall. I’m in an open-air parking deck and I’m like, ‘I’m going to get blown away. If I stand here, I’m going to get slammed against the wall.'”
Rash was on the phone with his son, who was across the parking lot at a gym. They’re both doing OK.
“The whole time when you’re thinking about your child trapped in a building over here and he can’t get out and you can’t get to him and I was like, ‘Oh my God, my life is in danger’ and that’s when I ran to get to the stairwell,” Rash said.
“(My son) started crying and he was like, ‘Dad, what can I do?’ and I was like, ‘Get down! Get down! Get down!’” Rash said.
Power lines in the area exploded after the storm passed. Many trees along U.S. 1 in Palm Beach Gardens fell down due to the storm. At least one boat that was docked capsized. Firefighters say two cars driving southbound on U.S. 1 rolled over due to the storm. First responders say one of those drivers had minor injuries.
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In Juno Beach, several power lines are now slanted due to the storm.
“It’s got to be a tornado because I’ve never seen anything like this in all the hurricanes I’ve seen. This was powerful,” said Norman Hirsch, who lives in Juno Beach.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue crews say they’re still assessing the damage.
