CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — Hurricane season officially began Sunday, but the winds of a different kind of storm had many South Carolina residents on edge on Friday. Two days later, many are still cleaning up.

In Clarendon County, cleanup continues after a Friday afternoon tornado that damaged homes, roads, and trees across several towns.

"The wind was blowing so hard and the trash and everything was going; it sounded like a train and I was by myself and I was scared," said one resident, who was home alone when the storm hit.

The National Weather Service has confirmed the tornado was an EF-1, with peak winds around 90 mph . EF-1 tornadoes produce wind speeds between 86 and 110 mph. Officials said the storm was part of a broader area of damaging winds that swept across the region.

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