Severe storms leave damage in St. Clair County, Illinois

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Sick. — Widespread storms swept throughout the larger St. Louis area on Thursday, and on the Illinois facet, many areas reported harm that included downed bushes and powerlines.

A number of St. Clair County householders discovered their yards lined in particles. Some additionally had harm to their roofs, with huge chunks ripped off and scattered throughout their lawns.

“The ability pole broke fully in two,” stated Freeburg resident Connie Clark. “It broke proper in half. It snapped proper in half. The bushes fell proper on the wires.”

One man’s home will want in depth restore resulting from roof, siding, tree, and energy line harm.

“We had been working out the door downstairs and the whole lot went that manner,” stated Freeburg house owner David Bescheris. “I imply it simply took the whole lot, bushes, toys. No matter was within the yard, manner on the market now.”

One other Freeburg resident, Amy Auston, stated it was fairly startling.

“It was just a little scary, however I wasn’t going to depart proper in the course of it,” she stated. “In order quickly as I got here residence, I noticed the little little bit of roof harm I had, and my fence within the again is just a little tousled, and my neighbor’s fence obtained actually tousled.”

Ameren Illinois has activated its Southern Area Emergency Operations Heart. Statewide, they’ve recorded nearly 10,000 energy outages, with the bulk in St. Clair County.

Crews with Ameren encourage anybody that has outages to remain away and name them or contact their native fireplace division. Crews shall be working all through the night time.