A tornado destroys dozens of homes and leaves several injured in Florida

A tornado touched down this Sunday and

and left several injured in western

a state affected by a winter storm that today leaves heavy snowfall in neighboring states to the north.

Lee County authorities said

and at least

by a tornado on Sunday morning.

So far

but four people have been injured by the passage of this phenomenon, which left some 7,000 homes in the area without electricity.

The

reported that the tornado also touched down a little further south, in

near the tourist city of

The

posted a video on Twitter showing a tornado crossing busy

and reported that a large truck overturned in the middle of the road, although the driver suffered only minor injuries.

The strong storms this Sunday also caused significant damage in

also on the coast of the

where local authorities opened a shelter for the affected people.

One of the Floridians who has suffered from this storm is

81, who told the

that the tornado lifted his home in the mobile home park in

and tossed it on top of the a neighbor's house.

"That's my house, which turned upside down," this man told the local media that, like his daughter, they came out unharmed crawling from the rubble.

"The tornado knocked me down and pushed me into the east wall and buried me under the sink, refrigerator, kitchen chairs and everything else."

Tropicana Mobile Home Park resident John Finelli among the remains of his home.Andrew WestAP

Southeastern Florida counties, including

also received warnings of possible tornadoes throughout the day.

These tornadoes are part of a severe winter storm that is leaving heavy snowfall and winds in much of the southeastern

where about

According to the specialized site

more than 2,800 flights to or from the US had to be canceled in the last few hours and another

The most affected airports are Charlotte International, with 95% of its operations suspended, and

the one with the highest passenger traffic in the entire country, with 27% cancellations.

As for the power outage, according to the

which reports blackouts in the US,

is the most affected region, with more than 82,000 customers without electricity, followed by

with 76,000,

(46,000 ) and

(21,289).

The

has forecast heavy snowfall mainly in the states of Georgia, the Carolinas,

and

due to this cold front that will move throughout the day to the northeast and the lower

until reaching

on Tuesday .

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