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A tornado destroyed an Orlando-area home and hit a TV station while the weatherman was broadcasting about the twister, part of storm fronts that caused damage across parts of the Southeast.

In Longwood, Florida, north of Orlando, the tornado collapsed a home with two people inside. Both survived unharmed, news sites . Other homes in the Longwood and Sanford area were damaged by the winds. The twister had winds of 115 mph and was considered an EF-2 on a scale that goes to EF-6.

At WOFL TV in Orlando, meteorologist Brooks Garner continued his live broadcast as the tornado hit the building. He urged crews to take cover as the lights flickered in the studio and an outdoor camera image froze briefly, news organizations reported.

“I’ve been in this business 25 years and I’ve never in my career had a tornado hit the studio. This is a very, very significant situation,” Garner said on air.

The damage came a week after powerful storms killed three people in Mississippi and ripped roofs from buildings in a small Oklahoma town. Officials in Union County, North Carolina, said in a social media post that the U.S. National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in the Unionville area.

The storm caused structural damage, and power outages after wind speeds of up to 90 mph (145 kph). No injuries were reported, according to the county, the Associated Press reported. Before that, on March 4, multiple homes were damaged in Texas.

The AP and WAPT-TV reported that one person died from a falling power line in Madison County, Mississippi, while a driver in the same county was killed by a tree falling on his car.

Topics Catastrophe Natural Disasters Florida Windstorm