Severe storm damages 28 units at Fla. golf resort, 5 uninhabitable; more rain, wind expected

Severe storm damages 28 units at Fla. golf resort

LAKELAND, Fla. — A storm system rumbling across central Florida damaged 28 units at a golf resort, leaving five of the condos uninhabitable.

Polk county authorities were still tallying the damage from the storm, which also damaged mobile homes and toppled trees across an 80-mile swath. Hail measuring 3/4 of an inch in diameter fell along Florida’s Atlantic coast.

National Weather Service officials were trying to determine whether a tornado had touched down at the Grenelefe Golf and Tennis Resort near Haines City, about 40 miles south of Orlando.

Heavy rain continued to fall Friday, and another line of Gulf of Mexico storms was expected to cross Florida before clearing up over the weekend.