at least 19 people have been killed in central wisconsin in the town of lady lake and paisley after extreme storms and a tornado sliced through the cities in the middle of the night . eleven of those died were in paisley and three were in lady lake . the mortality toll is expected to rise as rescue operations start tomorrow morning . volusia , sumter , lake and miami counties have all been declared a state of an emergency as dozens of roads , multiple cars and a hospital were destroyed . clothes and furnishings are disposed on the wrecked houses and pieces of trees are scattered about . cars are noted to have been turning over or turned around in the water . " our priority today is search and seizure , " said gov . of florida , charlie gubernatorial . rescuers are desperately looking through the wreckage to detect remnants of those who might have been killed .
Gov. of Florida, Charlie Crist, has visited the cities of Lady Lake and Paisley.