alice clerval: "i don't know how i made it. i really don't." clerval says her son got an alert on his cell phone that a tornado was approaching the area. clerval: "just a minute after that my son opened the door and said tornado! tornado! he took off and i took off." less than a mile away, jason smith was taking these pictures of the storm on his cell phone. jason smith: "i thought i heard a train. we live right here next to the train tracks." he captured what appeared to be a funnel cloud approaching his house. smith: "i watched it for a few minutes and then grabbed the dogs and went to the basement." clerval didn't have a basement. the only thing they could think to do: run outside and cling to a tree. clerval: "i hugged the tree for dear life." as dirt and debris slammed against her body, clerval watched as her house ripped apart. clerval: "i think tree limbs hit my back. my back is really bruised up. i have a cut on my head, but i'm okay. i'm here and i'm okay." everything she owned is gone. clerval's neighbors suffered similar damage. homes

alice clerval clung to trees for dear life in her front yard as the storm passed through. her mobile home was completely destroyed, everything a total loss. thankfully, she her two sons and her 17- year-old dog are safe. her next-door neighbor was storm came through. thankfully he was able to get to his basement in time. sandy hamlett, sr./survived storm "with the wind blowing, it sounded like a train, it was right on me." stand up "while his home wasn't damaged from the store several of his beehives like this one here the honey still intact scattered all across the ground. he says he will be able to save a few of the hives but for the most part they are a total loss." dominion power plans to be on scene all night and says it will likely be mid day tomorrow before they get everyone's power is restored. "this is catastrophic. it's going to take a while to get it back on. we are just going to work safe, take our time. dominion power says they will have about 150 crew members out here tomorrow working to get all of the downed lines repaired. our storm team 10 meteorologists w