The storm system that swept through Covington County Monday evening left a trail of damage from damaged barns to a home, EMA Director Susan Harris said.

A tornado was confirmed in the northwest corner of the county, and a second wind system moved from the Heath area to the northeast.

On Tuesday, Harris said conducted a damage assessment and found that 12 barns were destroyed, six houses received minor damage, one home was completely destroyed and one business had minor damage.

Trees were on the ground throughout the Straughn and Heath areas of the county.

Some damage was reported a Straughn High School and a building behind the elementary school was damaged.

Covington Electric Cooperative Public Relations Manager Patty Singleton-Seay said that crews worked all night to restore power following the severe thunderstorms that rolled through the area.

“At the peak of the outages, we had about 2,600 CEC members without power,” she said. “Most were in Covington County with some in Crenshaw and Coffee counties as well.”

Tuesday morning, Singleton-Seay said there were still 10 customers without power.

“We’re sending a right-of-way crew to clear debris this morning so we can restore power to their homes,” she said. “This is in the Red Level area. There are also about 10 members whose homes are too damaged to receive power at this time.”

PHOTOS BY VECTOR IMAGING, KENDRA MAJORS, PATTY SEAY