Florida man’s home damaged in suspected tornado during Hurricane Milton: ‘All hell broke loose’:

COCOA BEACH, Fla – A Florida man said he was grateful to be alive after a suspected tornado triggered by Hurricane Milton ripped the roof off a building and tossed it onto his home.

The suspect landed in Cocoa Beach around 6:30 p.m., the homeowner named Gary told FOX 35’s Stephanie Buffamonte. He and his wife were watching the news at the time and saw the tornado warning, he said.

“We went into the next room, the kitchen, looked out the back,” he said, “and then we just let go.”

He and his wife found what looked like a roof from another building that hit the roof of his house, punching a hole in his roof and tearing out the side wall. Gary lives not far from the Wells Fargo shore, whose roof was blown off by tornado winds.

At the time, Gary said he was about to go outside to turn off the pool pump, but his wife stopped him.

“And not 20 to 30 seconds later, the wind went crazy, the tornado came in and all this happened,” he said. “And I would have been standing right here turning off the pool pump when it happened.

“So I have a lot to thank her for,” he said. “More than normal.”

Additionally, Gary said that he and his wife just completed renovations on their home a week and a half ago. Nevertheless, he is grateful that he was not injured.

“This can be fixed,” he said. “We’re all fine, that’s the main thing.”

More than 130 tornado warnings were issued across central and southern Florida in the hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall, as the outer bands crossed the state. Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.