Trees were uprooted , a church's porch collapsed and a few homes were damaged as Thursday's storm blew through the Pee Dee.
A huge oak tree now rests on what was the front porch of the Shiloh Church of God of Prophecy in Coward.
Thursday morning's high winds from the storms uprooted the tree.
Pastor Andy Kinder says the building has been renovated, but the church itself is more than 60 years old.
"It's awful to see the church as old as it is have a tree on top of it," said Kinder.
Kinder says when he got the call his church had been damaged, he immediately went there to see what he could salvage.
"The first thing that went through my mind was trying to get in there to save hymn books, to save what I can, maybe to see how much damage was done," said Pastor Kinder.
He says the sanctuary is pretty much okay, but some of the ceiling in the back collapsed, allowing rain water to leak onto the carpet. Kinder put large, plastic barrels in the church to catch the water.
"In the meantime, hopefully everything is stable enough we can worship in the fellowship hall if we have to until all repairs are made," said Kinder.
A tree cutting service is removing the debris from the church, until more permanent repairs can be made.
There is widespread damage across the field from the church.
High winds knocked down trees, street signs, power lines and carried a tin shed about 50 feet from where it was based.
"It got real dark. The rain hit and then the hail," said Eileen Story.
She lives about three miles from where the damage is in Coward, but her daughter and granddaughter live just blocks away from the damage.
Story says she is just so thankful that they're okay, but couldn't believe the damage and is thankful no one was hurt.
She gets quite emotional when she thinks about the hundreds of people who were killed in the Alabama storms.
"All the people in Alabama, the fatalities they had there, we're just blessed here. We're really blessed, and I pray that God will just spare us. I never knew there to be such bad weather as we're having this weather. I never really had a cold winter like this winter either, but I'm sorry, I'm just so thankful that we wasn't hurt." said Story.
Pastor Kinder will pray for the families in Alabama. He says it's in times like these when your faith is important.
"These are no more than faith-trying times. Even though the building might have some damage, to it the church of God is still standing," said Kinder.
There was also a considerable amount of damage in the Florence County town of Pamplico, according to emergency officials.
They say trees collapsed on a few homes causing some damage.
A tree also fell on a parked car. Officials say no one was in the car when it happened.
The Florence County Emergency Management Department is coming up with an estimate on the damages.
