Clean up efforts began Saturday morning after a 79 mph downburst caused serious damage in Hutchinson.
Debris and trees lined the streets prompting a city wide clean up.
"There was only rain on the radar so I was listening to it, watching the lightning thinking no big deal and within just minutes it hit like a freight train, " says Golden Coker.
Coker thought it was just a normal thunderstorm until she went outside to get a toy for her daughter.
"It was black, when i came outside there was no power on no nothing"
Vernetta Rogers owns bills appliance and has lived next to her business of 29 years. She says a loud crash woke her up.
"I woke up at about a quarter to one and heard this terrible boom and thought somebody had drove into my building. I opened up my sliding glass doors to look and half of my roof was in my front yard."
Rogers estimates the repairs to her building will cost over $100,000.
Residents say the storm came in quick and they are shocked at the amount of damage to the city.
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Residents in Hutchinson are cleaning up after a downburst caused damage overnight.
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Residents in Hutchinson are cleaning up after a downburst caused damage overnight.
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