<div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-0"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">As powerful storms swept across Central Florida on Monday morning, an Orlando television station’s weather camera captured a possible tornado hitting the station.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">“Take shelter!” a Fox 35 morning meteorologist, Brooks Garner, shouted on the air, <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/florida-tornado-orlando-tv-station-morning-rush-hour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">warning</a> co-workers to get under their desks — the designated safe spaces for such occurrences.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">He had been delivering updates on tornado warnings for Volusia and Seminole counties when rainy and windy conditions rapidly worsened, turning images into a blurry gray on the monitor.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">“We’re catching debris right now on the roof,” Mr. Garner said. “Seek shelter immediately,” he added. “Get under your desks, guys. Anchors, under your desks!”</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-1"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-1"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">He described debris flying across Interstate 4 just north of Orlando, into the neighborhood of Lake Mary and into Sanford, Fla.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div class="css-cfo9c3" data-testid='lazy-load-wrapper-{"bottom":-500}'></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-2"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">“This is a confirmed tornado,’’ Mr. Garner announced to viewers as power to the station flickered out. “This is a very serious situation. This is a real, live tornado. It just hit our station.”</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The whole episode was brief, lasting about a minute or so, and staff members continued to work and assess damage to the area — and to their own studio.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">One Fox employee shared a photo of damage to vehicles in the station’s parking lot from the severe weather.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-5"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-3"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Pictures from <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1048174760674320&amp;set=pcb.1048175440674252" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">the Seminole Fire Department</a> showed a home that had collapsed just before 10 a.m. on Monday.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="ImageBlock-7"><div data-testid="imageblock-wrapper"><figure aria-label="media" class="img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0" role="group"><div class="css-1xdhyk6 erfvjey0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-figure"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Image</span><div class="css-nwd8t8" data-testid="lazy-image"><div data-testid="lazyimage-container" style="height:290px"></div></div></div><figcaption class="css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0" data-testid="photoviewer-children-caption"><span class="css-jevhma e13ogyst0">A home collapsed during a storm in Seminole County on Monday.</span><span class="css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90"><span class="css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0">Credit...</span><span><span aria-hidden="false">Seminole County Fire Department</span></span></span></figcaption></figure></div></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-4"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">“Due to the weather impact, there is a collapsed home on the 2100 block of Blue Iris in Longwood and another damaged home,” the department said in an email. “Residents are currently safe from the collapsed home.” Two people inside the home were uninjured.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The Fire Department also shared photos of firefighters with saws working to remove toppled trees that blocked roadways. It said it was working with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Management to assess any further damage to the area.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The National Weather Service, <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://x.com/NWSMelbourne" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">which had been warning of tornadoes</a> throughout Monday morning, will conduct a survey of the area over the next few hours to determine whether it actually was a tornado and what its strength was.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-9"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-5"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">After warning his colleagues on the air, Mr. Garner turned to his local viewers with the same urgency as the storm moved across the area.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">“Get to the ground level, an interior room away from the windows,” he said, adding, “I have been doing this a long time, and that’s the first time a tornado has hit me while I am doing the weather.”</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="RelatedLinksBlock-11"><div data-testid="lazy-loader"></div></div>