Large piles of tree debris, downed telecommunications lines, and blocked sidewalks are still common in Spartanburg’s neighborhoods one month after Tropical Storm Helene.
More than 23,500 cubic yards, about 5,000 tons, of debris had been hauled away as of Tuesday in the month following Tropical Storm Helene, according to city Communications Manager Christopher George, but there’s still more to go.
“It’s really widespread,” George said of the damage seen in the city. “Looking at the map that we have of tree requests, the reported trees fallen in the public right of ways — which says nothing about all the debris we’re picking up — there wasn’t really any area that was not hit, or especially hit worse than the others.”
The city received nearly 400 tree calls following the storm, according to a presentation given at the Oct. 14 City Council meeting.
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Regarding the volume of debris being cleared, George noted that Duncan Park and Converse Heights probably have the most.