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At least two people are dead near Sarasota after tornadoes and severe thunderstorms crossed central and South Florida in the early morning hours of Sunday.
Tornado damage was reported in Siesta Key and Duette early on Sunday morning between 3-4 a.m. EST. The Associated Press, citing Florida officials, said that at least two adults have been killed.
Law enforcement reported structural damage to homes, condos and numerous trees on Siesta Key.
Storm survey crews from the National Weather Service (NWS) will determine if the damage was caused by one or multiple tornadoes and will rank their intensity.
The tornadoes were spawned as a line of strong thunderstorms crossed central and South Florida during the early morning hours of Sunday. The thunderstorms were associated with the storm that brought soaking rain to the rest of the southeastern United States with snow on its northern fringe.
This storm followed in the footsteps of a storm that moved across Florida on Friday, producing damaging winds and a tornado across South Florida.