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Report of possible tornado in Hobe Sound; no injuries

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By Keona Gardner

Dottie Mancusi was sitting at her kitchen table reading the Bible on her iPad on Thursday evening when, “All of a sudden I heard a big bang and the whole house shook,” she said.

“I thought it was an earthquake.”

It wasn’t tremors from below but wind from above: Martin County Fire Rescue officials say it was an unconfirmed tornado that damaged the home and about 30 others. No injuries were reported.

Mancusi said after the rumbling she continued reading the Bible on her iPad, thinking it was just a hard rain. She learned the extent of the damage when her neighbors knocked on her door to make sure she was unharmed. Then she saw her metal roof, peeled back like a sardine can with water coming in the Florida room of the home.

She said nothing else was damaged.

Mancusi said she attributes her safety to God.

“He takes care of me,” she said.

According to Martin County Fire Rescue Division Chief Jon Belding, about 6:20 p.m. in the 8500 block of Southeast Lyons Road, crews responded to reports of a possible tornado.

There was no request for medical or Red Cross assistance.

“It was definitely some type of wind event,” Belding said.

There are reports of downed power lines and blown transformers in the area, Belding said.

According to a Martin County Fire Rescue news release, Fire Rescue personnel went door to door to over 108 homes to assess damage and check for injuries.

The Martin County Fire Rescue Emergency Management Agency will be working with the National Weather Service, Melbourne on Friday to determine the cause and type of wind event that occurred, the news release said.


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