at least 19 people have been killed in north florida in the city of lady lake and paisley after severe storms and a typhoon ripped through the suburbs in the middle of the night . eleven of those killed were in paisley and three were in lady lake . the death toll is expected to rise as rescue activities concentrate thursday today . volusia , sumter , lake and seminole counties have all been declaring a state of an emergency as number of houses , multiple homes and a building were destroyed . clothing and toys are thrown around the wrecked roads and fragments of trees are dispersed about . roads are reported to have been turned over or throws around in the air . " our priority today is recovery and rescue , " declared gov . of florida , billy mccollum . rescuers are secretly scanning through the wreckage to find remains of those who allegedly have been killed .
Gov. of Florida, Charlie Crist, has visited the cities of Lady Lake and Paisley.