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CAPITOLA, Florida-Tornadoes cut through Florida and Georgia on Friday, destroying homes, felling trees and power lines and killing one person as a record series of winter tornadoes continued to pound the United States.The National Weather Service had reports of at least 12 tornadoes that flipped cars, damaged homes and interrupted power supplies in northern Florida and southern Georgia.A 62-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her mobile home in a twister that ripped through Lake City, Florida, damaging or destroying 50 homes and a dozen businesses, Columbia County emergency management spokesman Harvey Campbell said. Sixteen people suffered minor injuries and a man died when he tried to hook up a power generator after the storm knocked out electricity to as many as 16,000 people."It's pretty devastating. Lots of trees damaged, substantial power pole damage, lots of homes that have been reduced to brick and wood," Campbell said.Florida resident Joe Thornton said he had left for work when he got a call a tornado had ripped through his house in Capitola, near the state capital, Tallahassee.He returned home to find pieces of his neighbor's metal roof wrapped around his trees.His mules, Curly and Ella, were covered in grass and broken twigs and were grumpy but unhurt."It doesn't take but one of these tornadoes to make a lifetime of premiums worthwhile," Thornton said. "I feel blessed we're all OK."To read more go to:
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