Storm stirs up waterspout in neighborhood retention pond

Published 1 week ago• 1 minute read

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WESH) - A storm stirred up a waterspout in a neighborhood retention pond in Orange County, Florida.

Thunderstorms came in on Monday night and left a caved-in roof and a partially destroyed attic.

Orange County Fire Rescue said that another home was struck by lightning and started a fire. One person was inside at the time, but fire crews said he made it out safely.

“I heard the lightning a couple times and it was extremely loud,” said Deseret Shearer, a Waterford Lakes resident.

Shearer recorded a video of a waterspout in the retention pond behind her home.

“It was loud, so I started to look over there, it was starting to suck shingles off the neighbor’s roof and I was like ooh, and starting filming it, and then it started to form over the water,” Shearer said.

Shearer said weather like this just comes with the territory of living in Florida.

“It comes out of nowhere, and it’s invisible. It starts out of nowhere, and it’s there,” Shearer said.

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