The moment a tornado caused by Hurricane Milton swept across a Florida highway

“The dramatic scene of a waterspout was recorded by our volunteer search and rescue team No. 2 this morning near Fort Pierce, Florida,” the non-profit organization United Cajun Navy (UCN) posted on October 10. videos on social networks.

In a video shot from cameras on UCN members’ vehicles, the sky was pitch black as the tornado swept across the highway near Fort Pierce, Florida, causing trees to tilt and trash to be blown into the sky.

The water cannon knocked down the roadside electric pole, causing explosions and flashes of light, causing people in the car to exclaim “the water cannon is so intense”. Video then shows a tractor-trailer overturned, blocking the road.

The front of the car was thrown onto the roadside grass, the driver was trapped in the cockpit and was helped out by UCN members and passersby.

“The tractor-trailer overturned. Our team and kind passersby took the driver from the vehicle to a safe place. This person’s health condition is stable,” UCN said.

A tornado or waterspout is a phenomenon where a circular stream of air extends from a thundercloud to the ground. They come in straw, funnel or swirl shapes. These giant straws can sweep away everything in their path.

The US National Weather Service (NWS) issued 126 tornado warnings across Florida before Storm Milton made landfall on the night of October 9. Florida recorded at least 10 deaths in Hurricane Milton, mainly due to fallen trees and collapsed houses due to tornadoes.

Storm Milton began making landfall on Siesta Key, Florida, USA, with winds of 193 km/h, equivalent to level 3 on the 5-level storm scale, at around 8:30 p.m. on October 9 (7:30 a.m. October 10, Hanoi time). ). After a few hours of sweeping across Florida, storm Milton was downgraded to level 2 and continued to drop to level 1 in the early morning of October 10. This is the fifth storm in the US and the third storm to hit Florida this year.