Officials from the National Weather Service are expected to assess the damage later Thursday to determine if tornadoes were to blame and what their intensity was.
This morning's damage from yesterday's tornado in North Carolina. pic.twitter.com/VSHraNYgtf
— Gloria Rodriguez (@GloriaABC11) February 25, 2016
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Due to the storms, Duke Progress Energy crews have been working around the clock to repair many power outages.
The linger outages has forced Spring Creek Middle and Spring Creek High schools in Wayne County to operate on a three hour delay Thursday morning.
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As of 6:30 a.m., hundreds of customers were still in the dark in Durham, Wake, Orange, Moore, Granville, Franklin and Johnston counties due to damaged power lines from down trees and debris.
On Trevor Circle and Chauncer in Durham, several trees went down Wednesday evening, mostly doing minimal harm, but one fell on Jerry Dodd's car minutes after his wife returned home.
"Fortunately she was okay," Dodd said. "She was inside with the dogs and the wind became pretty ferocious so she climbed into the closet under the stairs with the dogs and she heard the actual crash."
This happened in #Durham #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/IrP0PDr9jJ
— Anna Laurel (@ALaurelABC11) February 24, 2016
In Granville County, a home was destroyed in the Huntsboro community near the Henderson-Oxford airport. Several more homes were damaged.
Incredible damage in Granville Co. Several homes damaged on Huntsboro Rd #abc11 pic.twitter.com/Y7mYujIFdH
— Heather Waliga (@WaligaABC11) February 24, 2016
Residents described the loud noise and seeing things flying around. Amazingly, no one was hurt.
Huge trees torn down where eyewitness say a tornado touched ground #GranvilleCo #Oxford #abc11 pic.twitter.com/d8tyG463BH
— Stephanie Lopez (@LopezABC11) February 24, 2016
Granville County farm destroyed, follow @LopezABC11 for more https://t.co/eTGHnJPAiS #ncwx #abc11 pic.twitter.com/yg2jO4Itu9
— ABC11 EyewitnessNews (@ABC11_WTVD) February 24, 2016
"We've been fortunate so far with no reports of serious injuries or widespread damages, but we're not out of the woods yet," Gov. Pat McCrory said. "We've seen before how deadly overnight storms can be. Please continue to stay tuned to the weather and heed directions from your local officials."
Some powerful new images just in from photog @repper78 of the damage in #Oxford #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/F4i4etvY5q
— Lori Denberg (@LDENBERG) February 25, 2016
In Raleigh, a tree smashed through roof of Fruit of Labor World Cultural Center.
Large tree crashed through roof of Fruit of Labor World Cultural Center in Raleigh. #ABC11 #ncwx pic.twitter.com/20OdnAfWB3
— Andrea Blanford (@AndreaABC11) February 24, 2016
ABC11 viewers sent in photos of a funnel cloud on the ground in Henderson.
There were also reports of trees down in northern Durham County and Chapel Hill.
Neighbor appears to be tying rope around the branches of this tall tree. Power may be out until 12a. @DukeEnergy pic.twitter.com/vAeO62Mar3
— Tim Pulliam (@TimABC11) February 25, 2016
Storm damage on Trevor Circle in northern Durham. #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/dmOgCddYCk
— Tim Pulliam (@TimABC11) February 24, 2016
Trees and power lines were ripped down around Mount Olive.
A look at some of the damage in Mount Olive https://t.co/eTGHnJPAiS #ncwx #abc11 pic.twitter.com/tduIohhLjM
— ABC11 EyewitnessNews (@ABC11_WTVD) February 24, 2016
Huge hail stones were reported in Creedmoor.
Golf ball size hail falling down in Creedmoor, NC. @ABC11_WTVD @ABC11_Weather pic.twitter.com/p4m0IAmAYy
— Christian Ewing (@christian_ewin9) February 24, 2016
Smaller hail covered the ground in Gray's Creek.
Greys Creek @ABC11_WTVD @RupintaABC11 @LizHortonABC11 @NicoleFCarr pic.twitter.com/Qw0Nq6UpjM
— MrMan (@uniformcode81) February 24, 2016
A funnel cloud was seen over Wake Forest.
Video taken at 5:50pm From Rolesville, NC. ABC11_WTVD @HohmannABC11 @LizHortonABC11 @ABC11_Weather @abc pic.twitter.com/3N7UASwhjl
— Keisha Rochelle (@kerochelle) February 24, 2016
In Chatham County, there were reports of trees down around Siler City.
Earlier Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Wayne County just after 1 p.m. During that time, a mobile home was damaged along Sanderson Road in the Indian Springs community when its roof was torn off.
PHOTOS: Storms rip through North Carolina
A family with several children in the home were not injured. The National Weather Service is slated to determine Thursday if a twister caused the damage there and in other spots.
The good news is we're looking for just a windy and dry Thursday.
