CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Thousands of people woke up without power Thursday after severe weather ripped through the Charlotte area Wednesday night.
The storms packed heavy rain, hail, lightning and very strong winds, downing trees across the area, even damaging several buildings.
According to Duke Energy, over 2,700 customers were without power at 5 a.m. By 6:30, that number was down to a little over 500. In York County, outages dropped from 450 to around 375. Catawba County, which briefly underwent a tornado warning Wednesday, saw fewer than 100 outages at 6:30 Thursday morning.
Good Thursday morning - We're finding damage all across our area from Wednesday night's storm. Take a look this giant uprooted tree! @wcnc pic.twitter.com/0QEhR8rsXU
— Rachel Rollar (@RachelRollar) March 2, 2017
Check out this incredible shot from tonight over the Queen City! Thanks, @ChrisAustinFoto for sharing! #CLTWx #CLTNews pic.twitter.com/z3wKFPCw7B
— NBC Charlotte (@wcnc) March 2, 2017
On Normandy Road in Myers Park, a massive tree was uprooted by the storm and toppled onto a home. This was just one of many trees taken down by the storms that packed quite a punch across the Carolinas. Despite the chaos, no injuries were reported in Charlotte.
“The minute this tree came down, I had four of five neighbors on my front porch who were inside making sure we were okay,” said the home’s owner.