⁍ Thousands of residents along the U.S. Gulf Coast are just starting to tally the damage from Hurricane Sally.

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⁍ High winds drove water through vents and roof, flooding a room.

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⁍ Storm’s immediate impact likely caused around $5 billion in damage and cleanup costs.

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– Hurricane Sally has left a trail of damage in its wake along the Gulf Coast, with estimates of damage as high as $10 billion, Reuters reports. The storm—a Category 2 hurricane when it made landfall in Alabama on Wednesday—has already caused $5 billion in damage and cleanup costs, a meteorologist says. The storm has moved away from the coast but will bring several more inches of rain to the Southeast before dissipating. “If you’re sitting on a river five miles inland, you’ve got the wind and two feet of rain dumped on you, then four to six days later a few feet of water comes down the river,” the meteorologist says. Inland rains also could affect cotton and peanut harvesting, as five counties in central Georgia had radar totals over 10 inches in 12 hours. Several rivers in Alabama and Florida have not yet crested and are not expected to reach ‘major flood’ stages until Saturday. In Gulf Shores, Paula Hendrickson, 70, evacuated her home near the water and came slightly more inland to her sister’s, thinking it would be safer. But the wind ripped a fan off the front balcony of her sister’s home and damaged the roof, and Hendrickson’s car ended up flooded by saltwater and is likely a total loss. “If you’ve been in an airplane that hits turbulence, that’s exactly how it felt. On and off, on and off. All night long,” she tells Reuters.