PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. -- A falling tree critically injured a Broward County man Tuesday as thunderstorms pummeled South Florida.

The coconut tree toppled onto Charles Green, 71, as he drove his golf cart in Plantation on Tuesday morning.

His daughter, Veronica Storms, tried to pull him free but could not do it on her own and eventually called for help.

“It didn’t make any noise at all, it was very still. One gust of wind and the tree fell on the golf cart," Storms told Local 10's Jen Herrera.

Storms has a few scrapes and bruises to her legs and feet, but admitted all of her minor injuries are nothing compared to what her dad is feeling. Plantation Fire Rescue said Green was transported to Broward General Medical Center in critical condition.

“He’s breathing, and where there is breath, there is hope,” Storms said.

Officials with Plantation Fire Rescue said they do not know whether wind or lightning caused the tree to fall.

The stormy weather that began Tuesday morning resumed in the afternoon and could continue through the evening hours. The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m. Tuesday for several Florida counties, including all of South Florida.

Plantation was not the only city to see its share of wicked weather. In Southwest Ranches, lightning struck a tree in the 14800 block of Luray Road at about 8 a.m. The tree caught fire, fell on some power lines and caused the neighborhood to lose electricity.

The power was restored at about 3 p.m., just in time for another storm to roll in.

Late in the afternoon, a limb fell from a tree in central Broward County, damaging a home and displacing a family. According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, the large limb fell from a 60-foot-tall ficus tree and crashed through the roof of an apartment in the 1600 block of Southwest 41st Avenue. No one was home at the time, police said.

The branch punched a three-foot hole in the roof and crashed into a bedroom closet ceiling and wall. A power line to the home also became tangled in the tree, BSO said.

Florida Power & Light workers were on their way to repair the power line. BSO said the American Red Cross would be called to find temporary housing for two adults and four children who were displaced. No injuries were reported.

In North Miami Beach, the heavy rainfall caused some flooding, leaving the parking lot of the North Dade Justice Building at 154th Street and Biscayne Boulevard under 4-5 inches of water.

In Miami Beach, Alton Road flooded for the second time in a matter of weeks.

Tuesday's storms knocked out power to thousands. Florida Power & Light officials said that as of 5 p.m., more than 3,000 customers in Miami-Dade County and more than 12,000 customers in Broward County were without power. FPL said the hardest-hit area was in the northeastern section of Broward County.

More storms Tuesday afternoon caused flight delays and cancellations at two major South Florida airports. As of 4:30 p.m., Miami International Airport reported 44 arrival delays, 42 departure delays, four canceled arrivals and eight canceled departures.

At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the public information officer said there were significant delays for both departures and arrivals, due to bad weather both in South Florida and in the Northeast.