LEXINGTON, N.C. — Update: More than 900 people are still without power as of 11:38 p.m.
Thousands are sitting at home in the dark after a storm rolled through the west side of Lexington Monday.
Officials said a lot of trees are down and there are widespread power outages, according to Duke Energy's website.
Tami Cashatt and her husband were on the road in the midst of the storm.
They had no idea they'd come home to a huge tree on their home.
"I walked into my kitchen and my whole house was dark I look out the window and I'm like what in the world all you could see and limbs and leaves on the windows," Cashatt said. "I was terrified."
Their neighbor's tree crashed into their home on Nottingham Drive.
The family just spent big bucks remodeling.
"It split the deck it crushed the screened-in porch it knocked the eves off the house all the new guttering, new rubber roof it just all destroyed," Catchatt said.
Ooff of Spruce Street a tree fell on Israel Dimas' home and outdoor shed that holds his wood shop equipment.
"It looks severe on this side my shed is destroyed all my equipment is destroyed in there," Dimas said. "It looks like it's going to take a while to clean up honestly."
He wasn't home when the tree uprooted and even though his expensive equipment is gone and his chimney and gutters have damage he says it could've been worse.
"I'm glad it didn't happen to anyone else around here everyone else has kids better us than than everyone else," Dimas said.
The powerful storm knocked power out at Friendly Food Mart off West 5th Avenue.
"I came out and I couldn't believe it," cashier Ashraf Khater said. "We pushed the door and there was half an inch of water in the front door."
Even so, the food mart stayed open to let customers shop while there was still daylight.
Khater said they can't afford to lose out on a day's worth of business.
"It's not good for business the city is slow in these situations," Kahater said. "We try to keep business moving so we don't lose a lot."
Duke Energy said the power is expected to be restored overnight at 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 15.
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