2024-02-16 17:51:58
Text: Editorial Cuba Noticias 360
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Damage to boats and power lines, without leaving any injuries, was caused by a tornado that touched down this Saturday in the city of Fort Lauderdale, in the state of Florida, in the southeastern United States.
In fact, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a tornado watch for the area around 5:45 p.m. local time, and the city of Fort Lauderdale indicated in a statement that the damage The damage caused by the tornado appears to be minor and no victims have been reported.
However, the services of the electric company Florida Power Light (FPL) are working to restore supply in the affected areas. In addition, the debris left by the climate phenomenon on public roads is removed and the collection of the largest waste is coordinated with suppliers.
In this sense, local authorities asked residents to drive carefully through the area, as fallen cables and debris can pose a risk.
The tornado, for its part, was captured on video by several witnesses who saw how it approached the boats in the bay. In the images you can see sparks in the sky, caused by the contact of the whirlwind with the electricity cables.
Transcendió, además, that this event was EF-0 (Enhanced Fujita, or improved Fujita), the smallest of the scales with which tornadoes are classified in the United States. Robert García, chief meteorologist at the NWS, commented that these “can occur very quickly†, even “sometimes with little or no prior warning†.
The meteorological phenomenon is related to a cold front that accompanies a low pressure area that moved along the east coast of the country this weekend and has left a panorama of ice, snow and rain.