it s to protect us a little more. and then we went all back in the walk in and then when it finally comes all the way down, we came outside and mike cars, literally, not where i left it. this assisted living facility had to evacuate 33 of its tenants after the building was destroyed, and the front of this assisted living facility is just completely blown away. there s holes in it. there s no glass everything seems to be gone. luckily no injuries were reported. the windows are blown out. and there s water in the building. the girls had started getting people in their bathrooms and for those that could and then pulling people away from the windows. so they re the heroes tonight. can you imagine trying to find your car and it s not where you put it the night before. just incredible. this is a helicopter view of one of the tornadoes and let me show you why this is so dangerous. it s actually wrapped within this rain shaft, making it invisible to the viewer on the ground. but one thing s fo
he s got within the hour. it s interesting to watch the system. if you look at the colors, they re on the north side. notice the green and dry mentioning so the rain totals are lower here. however, with this brighter color and this heavy rainfall are still some tremendous winds. so here he is in punta gorda and rai rainfall squeezing in but the whole system moves off in this direction, he ll be hit with the back winds but will take awhile. they are out to the west. as the whole system slides, he has a massive eye wall to contend with just as long as it took him to get to the eye, it s going to take him that much time to get through the other side of the eye wall, maybe longer because we re seeing that expansive rain shaft that s back in and around that western flank. so even though this is part of
move iing through lakeland as w speak. it s this band that s offshore on the east coast that s producing some frightening flash floding that continues to make its way north of melbourne. is it still about 14 miles per hour? it is. significantly faster than it was yesterday when it was about 6 or 7. so again, that will add to the track when they take the speed, the center point, the possible movements with the steering currents, we re going to find our track a little more inland but that s not until 11:00 p.m. it s still producing enough winds to knock out more power to many more people. is it possible that the eye could reform sor it past that? it s pretty much past that. once it makes landfall, the eye, the core is closing up and more of a rain shaft. but it s still a center point, which is is still the
drop down a little bit. despite the risk, john continues to record, a dangerous distraction in an already tense situation. again, very dangerous. this is borderline stupid. just all kinds of things you have to be ready for. there s heavy rain, strong winds. very strong winds. gusts easily up to about 50, 60 miles per hour. potentially damaging hail and, of course, tornadoes, some of which may be wrapped in rain that you can t even see. but as he nears the back edge of the powerful storm, he makes the mistake of thinking the worst is behind him. i relaxed somewhat as i got to where i wanted to be and realized i was probably okay. wrong. very well-defined rain shaft over here. we ll get a better shot of that pretty soon, since we re in the clear. john is about to get a shot,
despite the risk, john continues to record, a dangerous distraction in an already tense situation. again, very dangerous. this is borderline stupid. there s all kinds of things you have to be ready for. there s heavy rain, strong winds. very strong winds. gusts easily up to about 50, 60 miles an hour. potentially damaging hail and, of course, tornadoes, some of which may be wrapped in rain that you can t even see. but as he nears the back edge of the powerful storm, he makes the mistake of thinking the worst is behind him. i relaxed somewhat as i got to where i wanted to be and realized i was probably okay. wrong. very well-defined rain shaft over here. we ll get a better shot of that pretty soon, since we re in the as soon as we re in the clear. john is about to get a shot, but not the kind he expected.