Storm damages school, homes in northern Madison County town

SUMMITVILLE, Ind. (WISH) — City officers shut down journey in a northern Madison County city after a Wednesday storm left harm that included the elementary college.

Summitville, a city of almost 1,000 residents, was closed to visitors for a number of hours after the storm hit nearly 6:10 p.m. and downed bushes, stated Tom Ecker with the Madison County Emergency Administration Company.

No accidents have been discovered Wednesday evening after a door-to-door search of the trail of the storm, he stated.

Summitville Elementary College, a part of the Madison-Grant United district, misplaced a lot of its roof, Ecker stated Wednesday evening in a telephone name with Information 8. Authorities have been trying to get on the roof to study the extent of the harm of the ability. About 250 college students attend the prekindergarten by means of Grade 2 facility.

Ecker says the city’s water firm additionally was severely broken.

He added that 4 houses acquired harm to home windows and from bushes, a leisure car was overturned, and a cellular residence was destroyed.

Madison County was amongst a lot of Indiana that was underneath a twister watch on Wednesday. No warnings have been issued for Madison County, though a twister warning was issued about 6:35 p.m. Wednesday for neighboring Delaware County.