CHARLOTTE COUNTY (Punta Gorda)
Up to 40 people came to Charlotte Regional Medical Center with storm injuries. The hospital was so badly damaged that patients were being transferred to other hospitals.
At Charlotte County Airport, winds tore apart small planes. Hangars were collapsed, and roofs were torn off.
The roof of the county's emergency operations center in Punta Gorda blew off.
COLLIER COUNTY (Naples)
Officials said a "good portion" of the county was without power, and there was some flooding. No serious reports of damage.
DESOTO COUNTY (Arcadia)
The roof was blown off at Turner Agri-Civic Center in Arcadia, a hurricane shelter where 1,200 people had gathered. There was one known injury.
Large sections of U.S. 17 are peppered with downed utility poles; some parts of the road are completely blocked.
LEE COUNTY (Fort Myers)
A Fort Myers man who stepped outside to smoke a cigarette died when a banyan tree fell on him.
A tornado touched down in southwest Cape Coral. Cape Coral City Hall sustained damage. Cape Coral Hospital sustained significant damage.
Eyewitness video showed the roof of a Fort Myers post office ripped off.
ORANGE COUNTY (Orlando)
A wind gust causes a truck to collide with a car, killing a young girl.
POLK (Bartow, Lakeland)
An amateur radio operator reports several mobile homes were destroyed.
SARASOTA COUNTY (Sarasota)
A crash on I-75 kills one.
Punta Gorda hit badly. LE is guarding stacks of bodies in a mobile home park there according to FoxNews. 4 counties declared major disaster areas.
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