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October 9, 2024

Fort Myers tornado reported as Milton spawns outbreak in Florida ahead of landfall

As if historic storm surge and hurricane-force winds weren’t enough, residents of Fort Myers had to deal with even more crazy weather from Milton as a tornado plowed through a neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon.Multiple witnesses spotted the tornado moving through Fort Myers during Hurricane Milton’s initial bands.FOX Weather’s Brandy Campbell said she found some potential tornado damage on Daniels Parkway.”The front door blew inside the house. So all of that breeze and that water was coming inside,” said a storm victim.His street and many others were lined with large, snapped trees and debris that wasn’t there before the tornado.The twister seen in Fort Myers was just one of the many seen during Wednesday’s tornado outbreak spawned by Hurricane Milton. At least a dozen tornadoes were reported in Central and South Florida ahead of the hurricane’s landfall.