KOKOMO, Ind. -- Looking at the damage, it's hard to believe that more people were not hurt when a tornado hit Kokomo Wednesday.
Terry Munson got a text from his sister, "We're in the closet, house has been hit, help."
Munson raced across town to the Cedar Crest neighborhood to try and save his sister and 74-year-old mother.
He found a tree on top of their house and the house had been destroyed.
Mom and daughter survived tornado by huddling in this closet. Only part of house not destroyed @rtv6 pic.twitter.com/74ZaJ6zrLX
— Mike Pelton (@MikePeltonRTV6) August 25, 2016
Munson says it's a miracle they survived and now he's salvaging what he can, "I wanted to remodel the house and now we have a really good excuse to remodel and rebuild."
Katie Myers wasn't home when the tornado touched down, but she was left to clean up the debris and eight years of memories.
"We're all safe, our dog who was inside was safe... things are replaceable," said Myers.
Home totally destroyed in Kokomo. Residents still smiling despite massive damage @rtv6 pic.twitter.com/JmNUonl35a
— Mike Pelton (@MikePeltonRTV6) August 25, 2016
Over on 17th Street, Shawna East ran to help a neighbor, "She was in the kitchen and she was barely hanging onto her walker... she said she was walking into the bedroom and the tornado knocked her down."
Across the street, Jeremy Hancock saw the storm coming. He got out of its path, but his boat and RV were hit and his motorcycle was buried in some debris.
"Unbelievable, that's the only word I can put for it, it's not something I can really explain other than the power of a tornado is unbelievable," said Hancock.
RTV6's Mike Pelton went live on Facebook Wednesday from the Cedar Crest neighborhood with a look at the tornado damage. Watch his report below:
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