After Saturday’s severe storms, many people across the Rochester and Finger Lakes area entered the new week still focused on cleanup. Across western New York, fallen trees, property damage, and widespread outages will take a long time to fix, according to News 10 NBC.
What happened?
By Monday, residents in Victor and surrounding communities were still removing debris and recovering from Saturday’s severe thunderstorms. News 10 NBC reported that the storm knocked out power, brought down trees and branches, and led to both flash and tornado warnings.
Among the places hit especially hard was Victor, New York. Trees and limbs that fell on East Main Street forced a closure in the village. Although the road had reopened by Monday morning, brush and branches were still piled along streets and in yards.
The scene showed damage well beyond blocked roads. As residents worked with chainsaws and leaf blowers, News 10 NBC’s Declan Stablow reported seeing a large tree blocking a sidewalk, branches scattered across rooftops, and several damaged vehicles…