‘We heard a big boom:’ Several homes damaged in DeKalb County after Sunday evening storm

Multiple homes in DeKalb County were damaged after storms on Sunday evening.

Neighbors say they’re still feeling numb after the violent storm. The high winds Sunday uprooted large trees up and down Pleas Drive and the next block over.

Channel 2′s Berndt Petersen spoke with a couple of residents, including Betty Jackson who was injured during the storm.

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Jackson survived, and so did India Carter.

“I was trapped in the house,” Carter said.

Trapped by trees that violent winds brought down on her home. The storm raced through the neighborhood around 4 p.m. Sunday.

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“It started to hail and we heard a big boom,” neighbor Adrian Robinson said.

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