PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. — Several passengers on a Norwegian cruise ship were injured after a severe gust of wind rocked the ship Sunday, according to authorities.

Tod Goodyear, a spokesman for the Brevard Sheriff's Office, told Spectrum News that the Norwegian Escape experienced a "weather incident" and that people were injured.

The company issued in a series of tweets that before midnight on Sunday "several injuries were reported and those guests and crew received immediate attention or are being treated by the ship's medical staff."

Norwegian Cruise Line stated that winds at about 100 knots (about 115 mph) were sudden and caused the Escape to heel to the port side.

The Escape was not damaged. The ship made its way to Port Canaveral around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Passengers recount being thrust out of bed, some falling off chairs, and others seeing damage ship-wide. Some even thought the ship was sinking.

"I felt the whole ship get almost picked up and pushed to the side. We were looking for the life preservers and I was looking to jump out the window," Bill Hanson of Boston told Spectrum News. 

Video from one passenger shows the disarray in the casino area -- chairs down, glass shattered on the floor, and a woman being cared for after a blow to the head. Another passenger also had a cut to the hand.

Passengers we spoke to also give credit to the captain and crew for holding it together during the crisis.

Health First Brevard rleased the following statement in regard to the incident:

“Since learning of this incident on the Norwegian Escape, we deployed additional staff at our hospitals to care for passengers possibly in need of medical care. As of now, about 8 passengers have been transported from the cruise terminal to Cape Canaveral Hospital and Holmes Regional Medical Center.”

The Escape appears at the timestamp around 13:01.