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TAVARES, Fla. — Severe thunderstorms
tore through central Florida early Friday, damaging homes, causing
power outages and killing at least one person, authorities said.
WOFL reported several tornados touched down.
A dispatcher at the Lake County
Sheriff's Office confirmed there were fatalities but did not say how
many. The woman, who would not give her name, said damage included
"every kind of damage you can think of."
Mike Turner, a technician with the National Weather Service
in Melbourne said it appeared the fatality occurred in the Lady Lake
area, northeast of Orlando. No other details were available.
"Everybody
is so busy that we can't get a hold of anybody." Turner said. "We'll
know more as the sun comes up and the weather is starting to calm down
a bit."
About 20,000 customers were without
power across a wide swath of central Florida, Progress Energy
spokeswoman Cherie Jacobs said.
Florida Power & Light reported about 200 customers without power in the DeLand area.