PHOTO BY JOHN McMULLEN
Thompson Nursery Road, just after Lake Ashton, is blocked by a tree that fell during a tornado spawned from Tropical Storm Debby on June 24.

Photo By John McMullen


The entrance to Osprey Estates in Southeast Winter Haven is a mess, littered with downed limbs after a tornado Sunday evening.

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High winds and heavy rain caused lots of damage to this fence during Sunday evenings tornado that came through Polk County.

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One side of the brick entrance to this home on Thompson Nursery road lies on its face after a tornado caused damage around 8:15 Sunday evening.

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A large container lies against a fence at Winter Set Gardens Water Plant after a tornado blew through Sunday night.

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Help was out in full force to restore power to those affected by the storm Sunday evening.

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Fallen limbs and trash line the side of Cypress Gardens Blvd. looking towards Legoland after Tropical Storm Debby spawned a tornado Sunday night.

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A worker surveys the roof after placing a tarp over the damaged area of a home caused by the storms Sunday night.

Joni Gerard from Lake Wales shot this tornado that passed across State Road 60 as she was driving toward Lake Wales at about 6:15 p.m. Sunday.

PHOTO BY PEGGY KEHOE

Chilis the cat looks warily at the tree that came crashing down on his home, and that of his owner, Pamela Diaz, Sunday evening. Diaz said the cat watched the storm and the tree from a window.

PHOTO BY PEGGY KEHOE

Manuel and Rocio Vera were saddened by the damage to their Bartow home, caused by this oak tree that fell on it Sunday at 6 p.m. But Manuel says they are "lucky we are still alive."

PHOTO BY PEGGY KEHOE

A fallen oak tree covers about half of the Vera home in southwest Bartow. No one was hurt when the tree hit the house at 6 p.m. during Sunday's storm.