JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A tree knocked down by Tropical Storm Beryl nearly crushed a Jacksonville man in his bed.
The tree smashed through William Nelson's second floor apartment bedroom just seconds after he got out of bed Sunday night.

"At first you hearing the crunching sound like the wind and everything so I decided to get up," Nelson said. 

And as soon as he did get up, the tree he says came crashing through his ceiling landing on his bed.

"I know the bigger guy up there is watching over me," Nelson said of his near brush with death.

But while Nelson did survive unharmed, he says he and his wife do not have renters insurance.

"Oh yes... TV, bed, clothes, everything that was in that room... is ruined," Ramonia Nelson said.

The management at the Eagle Point apartment complex where the Nelsons live with their two kids is putting the family up in a local hotel for two nights. 

FLORIDA -- The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) reminds Florida’s residents and visitors to remain aware of current weather situations this holiday weekend, as a storm system may bring heavy rainfall across much of the Sunshine State. Potential flooding conditions will affect Southeast Florida through this evening. This threat could shift northward to portions of the Northern Peninsula later this weekend as the system nears this area of the state. This same system could bring strong onshore winds, which may lead to rough surf, large breaking waves and a high risk of rip currents along the Atlantic Coast through next week.