Suspected tornado leaves trail of destruction in Heber-Overgaard

Cleanup is underway in Heber Overgard after a possible tornado there moved through last night around seven or so, as many as 20 to 30 homes and buildings damaged. We know from the sheriff that one person was on a bike when this happened. That person had non life threatening injuries, was taken to the hospital. But so far we have not heard any reports of fatalities. This is a live look though from Overgard. The American Red Cross has opened three shelters across the state to help the communities there impacted by the storms, including one in Heber. Heber and they've got a mess to clean up as you can see down trees and just lots of debris scattered across. Last night suspected tornado in Heber Overgard knocked out power as you saw there toppled countless trees even sent storage sheds flying in the wind. Neighbors say the storm which included pounding rain and there was lots of hail was unlike anything they've ever seen before. Fox 10's Taylor Wertz has more on the cleanup. The National Weather Service is assessing the damage to determine whether this can be ruled as an official tornado. But we have seen widespread damage here today. Take a look at this home over my shoulder here. The tree snapped in half. Their storage shed flung into that tree, crashing through the roof and wall of this home here. People here say it's a miracle no one was seriously hurt, but the damage we've seen today will not be fixed overnight. The most common word people in the Heber Overguard community are using to describe last night's suspected tornado loud. All of a sudden, it was a freight train. Huge boom, like a war kind of boom. You know what I mean? Some say they found out about it through the alert. Everybody's phone just started going crazy with the alerts. Suzanne Masterson says she didn't know it had hit till a tree burst through the ceiling of her living room, her storage shed lifting off the ground and landing on it. It's a metal roof, and the tree went through a metal roof. She says the noise was so loud, she jumped. My head hit the walls. I fell and I crawled to the couch. You don't think about anything else other than trying to get to safety. Returning from dinner, Shelly and Brent Norris say every route home was blocked by fallen trees. We tried every road here to try to get back to our house and couldn't get there, so that's why I went and got my chainsaw. This morning, the damage was difficult to comprehend. I saw my brand new car of two weeks with a tree on top of it. There's over 30 trees down. The back of the house has three trees on it. Despite what they're dealing with, neighbors tell us they're counting their blessings. Those things can be replaced, so I'm just blessed to be alive and be able to get past this. It breaks my heart to look for everybody else. I try to think about the positives in it, that I wasn't hurt, but then you look at what happened to everybody else, too. The tight-knit community tells us they're all leaning on each other. Just know that we're pulling together as a community and checking on each other daily just to make sure everybody's okay. Governor Katie Hobbs issued a statement on the suspected tornado saying her administration is coordinating with Navajo County Emergency Management on sheltering and support and that she's ready to deploy resources to assess damage directing DEMA, DPS and ADOT to work with county officials. If anyone here needs a place to go, we're told that there is a Red Cross shelter set up at Capps Middle School in Navajo County. Taylor Wertz, Fox 10 News.