High Winds Down Trees, Power Lines

by Steve Yablonski | October 23, 2016 2:10 pm

OSWEGO – The high winds overnight Saturday and into Sunday morning caused some minor damage around the Port City.

The Oswego Fire Department reports they had a few additional calls for “power lines down, trees down, etc.”

There were no injuries reported.

“We had a lot of wind, an awful lot of wind, overnight,” according to Bill Gregway, local observer for the National Weather Service. “It was westerly over 35 mph all night with some gusts around 40 mph.”

OFD personnel clean up some limbs that were downed during the windstorm (Photo by Joey Falcetti)
OFD personnel clean up some limbs that were downed during the windstorm (Photo by Joey Falcetti)

 

The high winds split a large tree on Washington Boulevard near the college area. (Photo by Bill Foley)
The high winds split a large tree on Washington Boulevard near the college area. (Photo by Bill Foley)

 

Members of OPD and OFD block off a section of road until a tree limb and wire can be safely removed from the roadway. (Photo by Joey Falcetti)
Members of OPD and OFD block off a section of road until a tree limb and wire can be safely removed from the roadway. (Photo by Joey Falcetti)

 

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