(This story was updated to add new information.)
WELLINGTON — Residents reported a tornado sighting on Wednesday afternoon on the west side of Wellington , hours ahead of Hurricane Milton making landfall in Florida.
The National Weather Service confirmed to The Palm Beach Post a tornado had touched ground near Wellington about 4 p.m.
A Wellington resident first saw the tornado west of the village near Lion Country Safari but later reports said it cut through the Aero Club, a community in the village’s western edge where many residents store and fly private planes.
Village Mayor Michael Napoleone said the tornado went through the Binks Forest neighborhood and was visible from his patio.
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Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said it drove five people to hospitals, three of them to a trauma center, and treated many walk-up patients who had minor injuries as it responded to multiple reports of tornadoes in the Wellington, Acreage, and Loxahatchee areas.