WELLINGTON – A dramatic new video obtained by CBS News Miami captures the destructive force of a tornado that tore through Wellington , just hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida’s West Coast.
Wellington homeowner Brad Parker shared surveillance footage from his home, showing how a calm Wednesday afternoon turned into chaos in an instant. The video reveals fierce winds ripping apart the screened enclosure around his pool within seconds.
“We lost the screen out back, and most of our bay windows were sucked out of the house,” Parker said. “There was a lot of glass damage where the screen came down. You can see the tornado pulling everything toward it, and even the large grills were tossed around in just a few seconds.”
Fortunately, Parker and his family were not home when the tornado struck.
“We used to live in Dallas and expected tornadoes there, but I never thought I’d see something like this in Florida,” he said. “I’m not sure there’s anything you can do to fully prepare for a tornado.”