Pictures: EF1 tornado tears through south Fort Myers leaving path of destruction

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Storm damage near a south Fort Myers home. Credit: WINK News

An EF1 tornado caused damage across parts of Lee County Tuesday morning.

According to the National Weather Service, an EF1 tornado touched down in south Fort Myers at 6:25 a.m.

The tornado tore through the communities of Briarcliff and Eagle Ridge, before lifting in the area of Audubon Cove.

The South Trail fire chief said one person suffered minor injuries.

On Briarcliff Road, where trees were ripped from the ground and fences were broken, Tara Tucker is not complaining.

“Oh, we’re so lucky,” Tucker said. “We think about those poor people in Kentucky … This is nothing compared to what they went through.”

Tucker’s lanai is now open to the rafters.

“I guess enough wind got under there and just pushed it down,” Tucker said.

A tree just missed her home.

“I was amazed. It missed it by inches,” Tucker said. “Thank you, Lord, for this blessing. Because we are so blessed.”

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