Tornadoes have been spotted in parts of South Florida as Hurricane Milton draws closer, prompting authorities to urge residents to safety.\n\n\n\n
As of Wednesday morning, October 9, 2024, multiple tornadoes were reported across South Florida.\n\n\n\n
The local National Weather Service\n\n\n\n
(NWS Miami) issued urgent warnings as more severe weather,\n\n\n\n
fueled by the approach of Hurricane Milton, swept across several counties.\n\n\n\n
Tornadoes have been confirmed in areas including the Everglades,\n\n\n\n
Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, and locations near major highways.\n\n\n\n
South Floridians should stay alert as more tornadoes remain possible \n\n\n\n
At 10:08 a.m., NWS Miami-South Florida posted a message on their X (formerly Twitter) account, \u201cTORNADO crossing I-75 as we speak! Seek shelter NOW!\u201d\n\n\n\n Another post followed, warning of a tornado on the ground over the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, urging people in the vicinity to take shelter.\n\n\n\n The NWS\u00a0retweeted images\u00a0of the tornado\u2019s life cycle. By 10:21 a.m., another sighting\u00a0was posted, showing west-northwest of the Miccosukee Service Plaza.\n\n\n\n Users responded to these messages with pictures and videos of their own. \u201cOutside Weston. Just took this,\u201d a resident posted at 10:26 a.m. Another netizen from the area added a picture and wrote, \u201cFrom my window in Weston\u2026\u201d\n\n\n\n Other outlets have posted footage of the natural phenomena as well. One clip shared on WPLG Local 10\u2019s YouTube channel captures a tornadopassing through west Pembroke Pines.\n\n\n\n In another video, a tornado is seen moving through the Everglades, near Alligator Alley, with dark clouds swirling overhead. Another striking clip comes from Southwest Ranches, where a tornado was caught on cellphone video.\n\n\n\n At 10:56 a.m., the NWS issued a reminder, stressing that multiple tornadoes had already been confirmed and that three active warnings were in effect. \u201cAdditional tornadoes remain possible,\u201d they warned, as Hurricane Milton gets closer to landing.\n\n\n\n At 11:46 a.m., the NWS posted another urgent update, \u201cReports of another meso-vortex Tornado ongoing on the western side of Lake Okeechobee near Lakeport. 4 Ongoing Tornado Warnings \u2013 Naples Metro, Pahokee\/Canal Point, Lakeport, Ortona. SEEK SHELTER NOW!\u201d\n\n\n\n Residents are urged to continue monitoring the latest updates from trusted sources and seek safety immediately. Stay informed, stay safe, and take the necessary precautions to protect yourself and your family during this extreme weather event.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tornadoes have been spotted in parts of South Florida as Hurricane Milton draws closer, prompting authorities to urge residents to safety. As of Wednesday morning, […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4844,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4842\/revisions\/4844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}