'This isn't supposed to happen': Polk County neighbors work to clear a path toward healing after a tornado devastates homes ahead of the holidays

'This isn't supposed to happen': Polk County neighbors work to clear a path toward healing after a tornado devastates homes ahead of the holidays
Angelina Salcedo
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The temperatures are dropping in Polk County, but that's not stopping debris from piling up in this neighborhood.  
"I bought this house three years ago and I've been working my tail off on it. All I had to do is paint one more room and the inside would've been finished," Scott Leavitt said.
Everything he had worked for was gone in a matter of seconds. An EF-1 tornado that touched down in Lakeland ripped off his roof, destroyed his vintage car and family heirlooms.

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