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