South Carolina woman is horrified to see person looting her home on security camera after evacuating her Charleston home for Hurricane Matthew

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A South Carolina woman who was forced to evacuate her home as Hurricane Matthew trounced the state was shocked to see a person looting her home on security footage. 

Angela Jones had to flee her home on Thursday due to the ferocious storm moving up the east coast. 

With two young children, the family didn't want to risk not having access to emergency services. 

Angela Jones had to flee her home on Thursday due to the ferocious storm moving up the east coast. After she left, she was notified by her security system that someone was in her home

Before leaving, Jones set up a security service called Canary in her home, which allows her to see the house's interior on her phone

At 9.15pm on Thursday, this unidentified woman entered Jones' home and began taking items

'My husband and I left town because we have two small kids, one actually with a heart defect, and we didn't want to run the risk of something happening and not being able to take care of our babies,' Jones told ABC News 4.

Before leaving, Jones set up a security service called Canary in her home, which allows her to see the house's interior on her phone.

At 9.15pm on Thursday, Canary notified Jones that someone was inside her house, ABC News 4 reported.  

'We were here with some family outside of town and our phone notified us there was activity within our home. 

'She was only in the house a couple of minutes but hopefully police will be able to find her,' Jones told the station. 

'She was only in the house a couple of minutes but hopefully police will be able to find her,' Jones told ABC News 4

Jones said she didn't recognize the woman and contacted her mother and grandparents, who live nearby, to see if they had sent anyone over to her home

When she found out they didn't, she called the authorities. Police who went into the home and began fingerprinting the residence

Jones said she didn't recognize the woman and contacted her mother and grandparents, who live nearby, to see if they had sent anyone over to her home. 

'It was very upsetting. At first I called my mom to make sure she didn't send anyone inside our home to do anything,' Jones said. 

When she found out they didn't, she called the authorities.  

Police who went into the home and began fingerprinting the residence.  

'It kind of looks like she's carrying some clothes and blankets,' Jones said. The woman eventually walked out and locked the door behind her 

Jones said her home was locked up before she left and the first visual she has of the woman is when she comes from the direction of where the kitchen is behind the camera

Jones said she's unsure what was taken by the unidentified woman.  

'It kind of looks like she's carrying some clothes and blankets,' Jones said. 

Some of the more expensive items in the home, like a television and Xbox, were left alone. 

Jones said her home was locked up before she left and the first visual she has of the woman is when she comes from the direction of where the kitchen is behind the camera.

The woman eventually left out the front door after peering out the window and locked the front door behind her.  

There have been multiple social media reports of looting attempts but police said there have been no official reports made, ABC News 4 reported.  

More than 300,000 fled their homes in South Carolina. The latest forecast showed the storm could also scrape the North Carolina coast.

Hurricane Matthew lashed Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with heavy rain and wind, after killing almost 900 people in Haiti as it marched north through the Caribbean.

More than 300,000 fled their homes in South Carolina. The latest forecast showed the storm could also scrape the North Carolina coast (Charleston, South Carolina, pictured)

Hurricane Matthew lashed Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with heavy rain and wind, after killing almost 900 people in Haiti (Charleston, South Carolina, pictured)

Charleston announced a midnight-to-6am curfew Saturday, about the time the coast was expected to take the brunt of the storm(Charleston, South Carolina, pictured)

Hurricane-force winds were moving onshore at Hilton Head and Pritchards Island, South Carolina, the National Hurricane Center reported Saturday morning. 

Historic downtown Charleston, usually bustling with tourists, was eerily quiet, with many stores and shops boarded up with plywood and protected by stacks of sandbags.

The city announced a midnight-to-6am curfew Saturday, about the time the coast was expected to take the brunt of the storm.