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      NewsCitrus, Hernando County

      PHOTOS: Tornado causes extensive damage in Citrus & Pinellas counties

      Strong storms moved across the Tampa Bay area Wednesday night into Thursday morning and left damage and debris strewn across several counties.

      In Citrus County, classes are canceled Thursday and the mayor said the city suffered extensive damage due to a tornado, which was confirmed by the National Weather Service on Thursday morning.

      Another tornado was confirmed in Pinellas County, where extensive damage was reported in Clearwater.

      Storm damage in Crystal River Photo by: WFTS Storm damage in Crystal River Photo by: WFTS Clearwater beach tornado damage.jpg Photo by: WFTS Clearwater tornado damage3.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department CRYSTAL RIVER DAMAGE COURTESY CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF 5.jpg Photo by: Citrus County Sheriff's Office CRYSTAL RIVER DAMAGE COURTESY CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF 3.jpg Photo by: Citrus County Sheriff's Office Dunedin tornado damage2.jpg Photo by: WFTS CLEARWATER DAMAGE SURVEY  COURTESY CLEARWATER PD 1.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Crystal River storm damage Sarah Lyn Wright.png Storm damage in Crystal RiverPhoto by: Sarah Lyn Wright CITRUS DAMAGE2.jpg Photo by: Crystal River Sheriff's Office CITRUS DAMAGE1.jpg Photo by: Crystal River Sheriff's Office CITRUS DAMAGE3.jpg Photo by: Crystal River Sheriff's Office crystal river2.jpg Photo by: Crystal River Government Dunedin tornado damage.jpg Photo by: WFTS crystal river1.jpg Photo by: Crystal River Government crystal river3.jpg Photo by: Crystal River Government Clearwater tornado damage2.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Clearwater tornado damage.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Clearwater tornado damage6.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Clearwater tornado damage5.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Clearwater tornado damage4.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Clearwater tornado damage9.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Clearwater tornado damage8.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Clearwater tornado damage7.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Clearwater tornado damage12.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Clearwater tornado damage11.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Clearwater tornado damage10.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Clearwater tornado damage13.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Department Pinellas tornado Holly Slay.png Photo by: Holly Slay Clearwater storm damage.jpg Photo by: WFTS Clearwater storm damage2.jpg Photo by: WFTS clearwater damage4.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police Storm damage Vernon Hager.png Storm damage in DunedinPhoto by: Vernon Hager Storm damage Jeanene Capone 2.png Storm damage in DunedinPhoto by: Jeanene Capone Storm damage Vernon Hager.png Storm damage in DunedinPhoto by: Vernon Hager Storm damage Vernon Hager 2.png Storm damage in DunedinPhoto by: Vernon Hager clearwater damage2.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police clearwater damage3.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police clearwater damage1.jpg Photo by: Clearwater Police CRYSTAL RIVER DAMAGE COURTESY CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF 2.jpg Photo by: Citrus County Sheriff's Office
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      PHOTOS: Tornado causes extensive damage in Citrus & Pinellas counties

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      • Storm damage in Crystal River
      • Storm damage in Crystal River
      • Clearwater beach tornado damage.jpg
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      • CRYSTAL RIVER DAMAGE COURTESY CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF 5.jpg
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      • CLEARWATER DAMAGE SURVEY  COURTESY CLEARWATER PD 1.jpg
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      • Pinellas tornado Holly Slay.png
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      • Storm damage Vernon Hager.png
      • Storm damage Jeanene Capone 2.png
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      • CRYSTAL RIVER DAMAGE COURTESY CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF 2.jpg

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