We have been tracking strong storms across the Miami Valley
all day today which damaged some homes.
Hello, I'm Kayla McDermott. Take a look at this video
an Eyewitness 7 viewer sent in.
You can see trees blowing from harsh winds and heavy
rain.
One homeowner had a tree land on his house.
He talked with new Sarah Sevens Malik Patterson who is
live in Miami County.
Malik, the man you talked to was home when the
tree fell.
That's right, Caitlin, I actually just talked to him moments
ago and I'll show you what some of this damage
looks like in his backyard.
He gave us permission to be back here.
Now, it is a little hard to see,
but one thing I want to show you is this
tree did a lot of damage.
And if you take a look at this route,
this is really where a lot of the damage came
from.
And the homeowner told me that he's just grateful that
it wasn't a lot worse than what it was.
It was the boom. I didn't see,
see, see anything. John Durbin has lived here for 10
years and never heard anything like that before.
And when going to check out what the noise was,
he was cautious. Do I open my deck door very
slowly?
And I looked out and I said,
oh, my goodness, my tree fell on my house.
Durbin was at a loss for words.
What am I going to do?
Durbin is not the only one who experienced damage.
This is a video sent into us of a tree
down in Montgomery County.
There was also another tree struck by lightning in Clayton.
Back at Durbin's house, not only is he dealing with
damage to his roof awning and there is cracks in
his kitchen ceiling,
he also has no power and he has no idea
when it'll come back on.
I'm not sure it's it's going to be a while,
few hours. Maybe. Durbin can deal with the damage and
lack of AC.
He is just happy to be alive.
I am so blessed by God the Father,
Son and Holy Spirit and Our Lady.
Durbin said this tree falling really threw off his weekend
plans and he can't get in here tonight so he
will stay at his mother's house for the time being
in Troy. Malik Patterson, new 7.