Tornado Flips Cars, Damages Homes in Coastal Florida City

Downed trees appear near a property with a damaged roof after a reported tornado hit the area in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., on April 30, 2023. Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.—A tornado touched down in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Saturday as a powerful storm system brought intense rain and powerful winds to the state, overturning cars, damaging homes and snapping tree branches.

The National Weather Service in Miami said the tornado hit late Saturday afternoon with winds of 100 mph near Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center and headed northeast toward the coast.