WEST PALM BEACH — Beleaguered homeowners around Palm Beach Gardens are coping with some massive damage from a tornado that touched down on Wednesday. The National Weather Service said it was an EF-3 tornado with wind speeds of up to 140 miles per hour.

For Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, the worst of Hurricane Milton came before the high winds even arrived. Deadly tornadoes spun off by the approaching storm rampaged through neighborhoods in Wellington, The Acreage, Palm Beach Gardens and Fort Pierce, overturning cars, ripping up houses and killing at least five people.

A tornado struck homes and businesses, including a Publix, in the Avenir area of Palm Beach Gardens. See images of the damage.

One of the tornadoes that hi County was so powerful that it tossed a giant dumpster -- onto the roof of a home in Palm Beach Gardens.

The storm blew into Avenir, on Northlake Boulevard in western Palm Beach Gardens, late Wednesday and struck homes and businesses.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – An industrial dumpster ended up in a Palm Beach County home after a tornado moved through a neighborhood. There were 35 confirmed tornadoes and 133 tornado warnings in the South Florida area as Hurricane Milton made its way to Florida.

A tornado that swept through a Palm Beach Gardens neighborhood during Hurricane Milton left behind an industrial dumpster on one unlucky homeowner's roof.