PHOTOS: Storm Damage in Windsor
Sunday July 3rd, 2011, 2:00am
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Severe storms moved through the Windsor area, Saturday night. Numerous areas of the city are without power, and hundreds of trees are down.
Some reports we received:
- persons rescued from an elevator after power outage on Riverside Drive East (Riverside Area)
- two trees fell onto a car dealership lot on Tecumseh East and Meldrum (East Central)
- residents came together to direct traffic on Bruce before Caroline Street – trees and lines down (Downtown)
- high voltage lines sparking on George Avenue (Near East)
- tree on fire on Grove Avenue (West Windsor)
- Sewer smell throughout the west end, still waiting for reports from City re. Lou Romano Sewage Plant (West Winds0r)
- Numerous trees and lines down in Midtown Windsor (Bruce, Victoria, Janette) (Midtown Windsor)
- Studio 4 Adult Entertainment – fire on roof (West End)
- Siding ripped off a building in the 3300 block of Walker Road
- Wellington Street closed between University and Wyandotte for trees down (West End)
- Power out in much of South Windsor (areas South of Eugenie/CPR Tracks)
- Hydro pole / transformer on roof of house (Remington Park)
- Trees down 1700 block of Lincoln
- many more reports of trees and lines down, Citywide
