Retirees in a Florida community faced nature’s fury this week as Hurricane Milton unleashed 126 tornado warnings statewide – a record-breaking alert spree that turned sunny streets into scenes of chaos. The storm, which made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane, spawned two separate twisters that tore through one senior neighborhood within hours.
🏡 'It sounded like a freight train coming through your living room,' said 72-year-old Marcia T., who sheltered in her bathroom as debris pummeled her roof. Emergency crews worked through the night to clear downed power lines and fallen trees, while residents swapped stories of near-misses and destroyed golf carts.
🌪️ Meteorologists called the tornado outbreak 'unprecedented,' with rotating cells forming faster than officials could track. The events highlight growing climate challenges for Florida’s vulnerable coastal communities – especially those housing older populations.
