NEWBERRY, S.C. — A storm swept through Newberry over the weekend causing major damage.
According to local officials, the storms impacted over 3,000 homes, causing residents to be displaced, knocking out power lines and closing streets due to uprooted trees.
Martha Prayow, who has been living in her house on Drayton Street for nearly three years, says the damage happened around 9 p.m. Saturday night and her son, who was the only one home, wasn't hurt. She says she arrived home right after the the tree fell.
"I called everybody, my family, friends. Everybody thought I was trapped in the house and I wasn’t, but everyone came so fast. When everybody left, I got so emotional afterwards. I just sat in the car a long time and thought about if my grandson was here what could’ve happened. But I feel better now that we have help," she says.
The challenges haven't held the community back from coming together to help.
A group of about 15 from Southern Baptist Disaster Relief arrived in Newberry to help.
"Our primary focus is to allow people to have access to their homes, allow access to their driveways and get trees off their house," says volunteer Chris Hutto "But the other primary is to draw people to the Lord and to let them know there are people that love them."