PHOTO GALLERY: Winds, flooding make mayhem in north county
OBSERVER Photos by M.J. Stafford The Dunkirk Pier was starting to flood at about 4:30 p.m. as severe winds cut through the area.
OBSERVER Photos by M.J. Stafford The Dunkirk Pier was starting to flood at about 4:30 p.m. as severe winds cut through the area.
OBSERVER Photo by M.J. Stafford Part of a tree fell and blocked Woodrow Avenue in Dunkirk during Saturday afternoon's high winds. Over on SUNY Fredonia's campus, a large tree fell onto Ring Road. Also, traffic was getting detoured from Central Avenue near its intersection with Waldorf Road as of 5 p.m.
Photo by Jo Ward
An empty tractor-trailer tipped over on the Route 60 bridge over the state Thruway in the town of Dunkirk on Saturday afternoon.
OBSERVER Photo
A home and vehicle were damaged in Fredonia on East Main Street near Cleveland Avenue on Saturday after a tree came down.
Submiited photo
One of trees that students from Ripley Elementary School decorated at the library featured edible ornaments.
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- OBSERVER Photos by M.J. Stafford The Dunkirk Pier was starting to flood at about 4:30 p.m. as severe winds cut through the area.
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- OBSERVER Photos by M.J. Stafford The Dunkirk Pier was starting to flood at about 4:30 p.m. as severe winds cut through the area.
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- OBSERVER Photo by M.J. Stafford Part of a tree fell and blocked Woodrow Avenue in Dunkirk during Saturday afternoon’s high winds. Over on SUNY Fredonia’s campus, a large tree fell onto Ring Road. Also, traffic was getting detoured from Central Avenue near its intersection with Waldorf Road as of 5 p.m.
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- Photo by Jo Ward An empty tractor-trailer tipped over on the Route 60 bridge over the state Thruway in the town of Dunkirk on Saturday afternoon.
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- OBSERVER Photo A home and vehicle were damaged in Fredonia on East Main Street near Cleveland Avenue on Saturday after a tree came down.
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- Submiited photo One of trees that students from Ripley Elementary School decorated at the library featured edible ornaments.
Winds clocked at speeds of more than 60 mph in the north county are already creating havoc on Saturday afternoon. Pictured above is a damaged home and vehicle on East Main Street in Fredonia near Cleveland Avenue. This photo was taken around 3:45 p.m. of the home.
Also pictured is a tractor-trailer tipped over on Route 60 on the bridge over the state Thruway around 4 p.m. Saturday. Photo by Jo Ward.
As of late Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service reported wind speeds of 68 mph in Fredonia at 4 p.m.; 64 mph in Fredonia at 2:25 p.m.; 63 mph in Dunkirk at 3:15 p.m.; 52 mph in Ripley at 3:38 p.m.
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