Downed trees caused damage after a line of heavy rain and thunderstorms moved through the Upstate early Thursday morning.
Trees were reported down at various locations across the Upstate including Simmons Street and Woodrow Street in Laurens.
At the home on Simmons Street, nobody was injured, but the tree damaged the roof, the front porch and two cars that were parked near the house.
The tree also took out power lines.
In the same area of Laurens, David Reese’s house on Woodrow Street suffered the effects of a lightning strike about 4 a.m.
Reese says he was lying in his bed, when he heard a loud crashing sound.
He went outside to find a large tree had crashed through his roof.
Part of tree was on his down across his neighbor’s driveway.
“It sounded like earthquake when it happened,” Reese told Waller.
The tree also came down on a power line, but it was connected to the pole. Two dozen or so outages were reported in Laurens County.