LAFAYETTE, Tenn. -- Damage in Macon County covered large sections of the Antioch and Williams communities.

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Thirteen people have been confirmed dead in the county and over 60 reported injuries.

“It kind of sounded like a helicopter, with its blades,” one resident said.

Uprooted trees, dangling power lines and smashed cars were evidence of the storms’ path.

Linda Howard was home alone when the storm struck Tuesday night.

“I started hearing glass, felt the walls come in,” she said.

Howard said she crouched in a hallway with a pillow to protect her head and a piece of fallen drywall as protection. She later realized that’s all that was left standing.

“As I looked at it, I could have cried. But then the thought kept coming to me, ‘I’m OK,’” she said.

A trailer park in the Williams community was completely destroyed, Channel 4’s Larry Flowers reported.

“It hit a trailer park down there and it just didn’t leave anything. They said they was bodies everywhere,” said resident Scotty Cox.

A curfew was put into effect from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. to keep people off the streets, according to Lafayette Police Chief Jerry Dallas. Dallas also said, “It’s possible 10 to 15 people are still missing. (Crews) looked all night last night and all day today and still out right now.”

Sheriff Mark Gammons asked for the community’s patience as officials make sure areas are safe to return to.

“We want all of our citizens to realize, we have a lot of people wanting to go back to their homes. I believe at this time, everyone has been able to back to the home and at least check, but we want them to understand is that the reason we weren’t allowing them to go back home is due to power lines and structures falling and safety issues. We’ve had one charge of people stealing in the county today. They were arrested and booked for it,” he said.

Dallas said there were three arrests made in the city on Tuesday night in connection with looting.

“We’ve beefed up patrol on outside departments. We’ve probably got 35 to 50 patrolman out tonight, and I normally have four,” Gammons said.

Mayor Bill Wells said the residents will have to take recovery efforts “one step at a time,” and said he had faith in the resilience of Macon County residents.

“We have a strong group, and I feel like they’ll come back from this,” he said.