‘South Florida EF3s are very rare’: This community cleaning up after tornado [Video]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Residents in a Palm Beach Gardens community are cleaning days after an EF3 tornado tore through their community, ripping off roofs on brand new, well-built homes and causing structural damage.

The tornado with 140 mph winds caused people’s roofs to litter roadways.

WPTV reporter T.A. Walker saw residents who live in La Terre at Avenir with blue tarps on their homes Friday. There were also homes with the whole roof exposed, shingles ripped off the rooftop.

Federal Emergency Management Agency met with homeowners at the Sandhill Crane clubhouse in Palm Beach Gardens at around 10 a.m. Friday.

Workers were seen working on homes trying to repair roof damage.

Over in the new 55+ community called Regency at Avenir in Palm Beach Gardens, 140 mph winds …