11.   Police helicopters, navigating their way through thick black flows of smoke, plucked terrified guests from the hotel roof.

12.   Police helicopters, navigating their way through thick black smoke, plucked terrified guests from the hotel roof.

13.   Three police helicopters navigated their way through the thick, black plumes of smoke to pluck terrified guests off of the hotel roof.

14.   Three police helicopters, navigating their way through thick black smoke, plucked terrified guests from the hotel roof.

15.   Three police helicopters navigated through a thick plume of smoke and plucked terrified guests from the hotel roof.

16.   Tornado touchdowns were reported in Key Largo and Plantation Key, damaging a hotel roof and flipping a tractor trailer, local police reported.

17.   Twenty fire trucks rushed to the scene as guests fled onto the street or up onto the hotel roof.