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Clean-up continues after tornado damages businesses on Beach Boulevard

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Clean-up efforts continue after a tornado damaged businesses on Beach Boulevard on Friday.

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The tornado lifted a pickup truck from a car dealership and flipped it across the street.

The pickup truck wasn’t the only vehicle damaged on Friday.

A mechanic at MainLine said a Maserati, Camero, and Chevy Malibu were also damaged.

There was extensive damage to a restaurant and the toy store next to it. The restaurant is closed and they have a sign on the door while the toy store is back open.

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The mechanic said it was crazy what happened on Friday.

The owner of Forgotten Toy Box was still cleaning up after the tornado ripped the roof off.

It now has a tarp on the roof and there’s no more leaking, but he’s still working on repairing parts around the store.

“It hasn’t been as bad as we thought,” Tri Bowman said. “But it’s just been, I don’t want to say ongoing but we’re almost done with it. We had a friend bring over a big ole’ shop vac, he helped us for about an hour or so to get the floor and everything cleaned up.”

Bowman said that the tarp held up during today’s rain. He also said the landlord told him they expect someone else to look at the roof on Monday.


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Khalil Maycock joined the News4JAX team in November 2022 after reporting in Des Moines, IA.

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