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Strong winds level hundreds of trees in parts of northern & central Iowa

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August 6th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — Severe thunderstorms rolled over parts of northern and central Iowa on Sunday, bringing much-needed rain to some areas and strong winds. Powerful gusts hit Webster City where resident Craig Ewing says clean-up is going to take some time. “Trees were going down and blocking the street and across the street, trees came down on top of houses,” Ewing says. “There’s quite a bit of wind damage throughout the whole town and we lost power.”

Webster City Storm Damage pics

Webster City Mayor John Hawkins toured some of the damaged areas of the community on Sunday. “There’s a few hundred trees torn about or down around the town. There’s still a few leaning against houses,” Mayor Hawkins says. “A few people got their cars out from under some. Quite a bit of damage in the center of town.”

Forecasters say there’s the possibility for more strong storms later today (Monday) and into tomorrow.