Along the Texas coast Saturday, residents who fled in advance of Harvey returned to find homes and businesses destroyed and streets littered with telephone poles, downed wires, street signs, RVs, house siding, and even roofs that had been ripped off in one piece.

Hurricane Harvey made landfall between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor at 10 p.m. Friday. Port Aransas and the nearby coastal town of Rockport looked eerily similar Saturday morning after the worst of the storm had cleared and the damage became visible.

It appeared strong wind gusts caused the most destruction.

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On Route 35 between Port Aransas and Rockport, homes and trailers were destroyed. Nancy and George Collins stared in disbelief at their home, which had crumbled. They said they have no insurance and no way to rebuild.

“We have a camper that survived it. At least we have something to live in. A lot of people don’t,” said Collins. “It’s everything we had.”

Emotions ran high for many people who lost their precious properties.

“The high winds took the roof right off of it,” said Tom Walker, who owns an auto parts store in Rockport.

He was rained on as he stood inside his warehouse. The roof was ripped off overnight ,and the wind threw his products all over the floor.

“We’ll rebuild. It’ll take time, but we’ll get there,” he said.

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Walker didn’t expect the storm to be so strong. He stayed in his house and said all night the wind was pushing the doors, and that trees were falling left and right.

“If another storm comes I’ll get out of town,” he added.

Don and Misty Kimbrough walked through their business to find inventory lists for an insurance claim as pieces of their ceiling fell down around them. Their roof was compromised by the storm and inches of water poured inside.

“Most of the merchandise looks like it’s ruined. It got wet once we lost some of the roof, not all of the roof,” said Don.

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Don Kimbrough isn’t sure if he’ll be able to open his business again. He was choked up thinking this might be the end of the store where he’s made a living for the last 26 years.

“We’ve had this building since 1969. We did not have this much damage from Celia. It’s kind of a surprise. I really didn’t expect this much damage,” he said.

But although potentially losing the businesses is difficult, Misty said she was just happy her home and family were safe and thanked God for that.

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“This is just stuff,” she said.

Ray Bogan is a Fox News multimedia reporter based in El Paso, Texas. This Fox News piece is used by permission. 

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