Some businesses in Orangeburg are struggling to repair damages and remain open after parts of the city were blasted by storm winds in Tuesday night's microburst.
The storm knocked down trees, blew out windows and damaged the roofs of several businesses, says owner of Economic Truck Repair, Shirley Williams.
"The front doors were the debris from the the awning coming down. It was blocked. So I couldn't go through the front door," said Williams.
Williams doesn't have insurance, and says she's looking at thousands of dollars worth of damage just to stay operational.
"The bay door...that by itself was $5,000 for one door. I have four I need to fix. So that’s $20,000 right there," said Williams. "The top wall, I need all those materials and I’m going to have to pay people to bring it to do the work, the lifts to get up there to do that, because the building has to stay high for the trucks to be able to fit in the building."
Several businesses along that same stretch of Broughton Street also suffered damage.
The windows were blown out at Old World Wicker Gallery, says Owner Stella Boronka.
"I heard the neighbor called me and say, come down it looks like we had a tornado and your front windows are out," said Boronka. "I tried to get insurance but no one wants to insure in this area...for the time being, I just have to have it with the plywood."
A section of Broughton street still appeared to be closed Thursday for repairs. News 19 reached out to Orangeburg city officials to get an update on when the repairs might be finished, but haven't heard back.