While most of South Florida was spared from Sunday’s worst weather, Florida’s west coast was hit with a tornado that topped 100 mph and destroyed dozens of homes. It was part of a winter storm that impacted the country’s broader southeast region.

A tornado warning issued for central Broward and Palm Beach counties expired at 12:15 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.

But a tornado tore through Naples, Fort Myers and surrounding communities. Local news outlets reported a handful of minor injuries, but 31 mobile homes were destroyed and 51 more had sustained serious damage.

The tornado was on the ground for almost two miles with a maximum path width of 125 yards, according to the National Weather Service.

John Finelli, a resident of the Tropicana Mobile Home Park in the Iona area of Fort Myers, Fla., searches for belongings after a tornado destroyed his home on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. His parents were in the home and were transported to the hospital. (Andrew West/The News-Press via AP) (Andrew West/AP)

The severe weather came as showers and thunderstorms moved across the region ahead of a strong cold front. Broward and Palm Beach County mostly saw heavy rains throughout the day, but none of the damage Florida’s west coast experienced.

Pedestrians run past a splash zone on the sidewalk of A1A just south of Sunrise Blvd., in Fort Lauderdale Sunday, Jan 16, 2022. A line of thunderstorms caused a tornado warning and flooding in South Florida Sunday. (Joe Cavaretta / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Heavy rains cause ponding on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (Joe Cavaretta)

The Florida Highway Patrol reported that a large tornado crossed Interstate 75 near Naples Sunday, causing a semi-truck to overturn. Minor injuries were reported.

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The mobile home park impacted by the tornado, built in 1970, has nearly 500 homesites, with residents 55 and up, according to Naples Daily News.

“The tornado took me off my feet blew me toward the east wall and buried me under the sink, refrigerator, kitchen chairs and everything else,” Edward Murray, 81, told Naples Daily News. Murray is a resident of Windcrest and Point Breeze in Cottage Point Trailer Park in Fort Myers, which was also damaged.

A large tornado crossed Interstate 75 near Naples on Sunday, causing a semi-truck to overturn, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. (Florida Highway Patrol)

Florida’s weather was part of the same storm system that has walloped other parts of the Southeastern U.S. with snow and ice and knocked out power in parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina, the latter being the most affected by lack of electricity, according to poweroutage.us.

Power outages in North Carolina, which initially totaled a quarter-million customers, had dropped to about 130,000 late Sunday.

In North Carolina, the Highway Patrol had responded to 300 car crashes and nearly 800 calls for help as of Sunday afternoon, according to spokesperson First Sgt. Christopher Knox.

Knox said two people died Sunday when their car drove off the road east of Raleigh.

New York City was expected to be spared most, if not all, of the snow. Areas in upstate New York could see up to a foot of snow, forecasters said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.