A twister touched down in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, as a strong storm system introduced intense rain and highly effective winds to the US state, overturning automobiles, damaging properties and snapping tree branches.

The National Weather Service in Miami stated the twister hit late on Saturday afternoon with winds of 100mph close to Palm Beach Gardens Medical Centre and headed north-east in the direction of the coast.

Images from the scene confirmed automobiles flipped over on high of one another, cracked tree limbs resting on autos and houses, in addition to different particles littering streets.

The Palm Beach Gardens Police Department has not reported any main accidents or fatalities.

The National Weather Service had positioned a big stretch of central Florida below a twister watch on Saturday afternoon as thunderstorms had been chopping throughout the state.