National Weather Service surveys storm damage in Immokalee

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The National Weather Service looked at whether a possible tornado hit the area of Oakhaven Circle in Immokalee, where some areas saw wind damage.

The National Weather Service in Miami concluded after a survey the damage wasn’t from a tornado. It was from a downburst of straight-line wind between 60 – 70 mph.

WINK News headed over to the flea market in Immaokalee where some tents were torn down by the wind, Thursday afternoon, but people are now cleaning things up and going on with their day.

WINK News met Mario Martinez who was on his way home and saw some of the damage.

“I was going through Main Street,” he said. “There’s power outages, and there’s trash, tree debris everywhere. I hadn’t seen it, but I was going through it. There’s a lot of water, you know, hanging out on the side of the roads, and mainly that’s what I’ve been seeing.”

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