‘It was really frightening’: Some Port St. Lucie residents describe EF0 tornado’s frightening impact
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. —
An EF0 tornado touched down in a Port St. Lucie neighborhood, leaving some homes damaged and residents recounting the frightening experience.
A viewer shared Ring camera footage showing the tornado in the background, while another video captured the strong winds and the sounds that accompanied them.
Resident Allison Rogers described the terrifying noises she heard during the storm.
“It sounded like there was a hurricane outside the window, right, because I’ve heard those noises before and things like that, but it was just a swoosh, and it was just so scary to hear,” Rogers said. “It was just this ‘swoosh,’ and it just was so scary to hear, and that’s when I was like, I got to get up and look at what’s happening because it wasn’t normal, no.”
Rogers admitted she was scared as she watched the twister from her home.
“Absolutely, I stood there for a good minute before I even thought about grabbing my phone because you could see the twister in the street. Is it going to hit the windows? There’s metal everywhere; it was pretty scary,” Rogers said.
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Her home lost its fence and shed but never lost power.
Another resident, Debbie Mastrolillo, said her home was untouched by the storm.
“Our house, it’s 637, did not even get touched. Nothing!” Mastrolillo said.
Aron Christiansen, who lives around the corner, said his roof was damaged during the tornado.
“I looked out my window and we had a bunch of dark clouds over there and I saw a bunch of white and I thought that’s a lot of birds and I look closer and it’s debris and I’m trying to hustle my dogs into my bedroom and ten seconds later it went through and what we’re left with is a big mess,” Christiansen said.
The tornado also moved over the St. Lucie River, where one viewer captured video of it as a waterspout.
Even though most homes were spared, some residents said the experience was unsettling.
“I felt it coming. You could see it coming, and it was really, really frightening,” Mastrolillo said.
While some residents are still clearing debris, many are relieved that no one was injured.
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