On Thursday afternoon, the Village of Dupont was doing its best to get back on its feet after an EF-1 tornado struck late Wednesday night.
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The Glacier Hill Lakes RV Resort and several surrounding houses southeast of Wapakoneta were struck last night. Houses lost entire walls and roofs, while many trailers and RVs were blown at least several feet and flipped over. Residents report that the resort's main office is mostly gone. One woman said that she had been driving to check on family in the area when she watched the funnel cloud drop to the ground.
AUGLAIZE COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - Recovery efforts and investigations into the severe weather damage in Auglaize County continued through the weekend.
ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - Though not as widespread, Allen County had some damage from the storm system that passed through around 1 am Saturda…
Thousands of people in the area lost power after Wednesday night's storms, but are slowly getting it back as AEP crews work their way around the area. AEP had all of their local crews, as well as some out of town crews, working on getting Lima area residents their electricity back. They say many of the outages are the result of trees and limbs falling on power lines, but that they are having trouble getting to the affected spots.
The City of Lima spent most of their Thursday picking up the damage caused by Wednesday night’s storms. Unlike other recent storms we’ve seen, most of the damage seemed to be concentrated in specific areas. “The damage seems to be localized between the area of Metcalf and Cable and approximately south of Allentown Road to Spencerville Road for the city,” said Director of Public Works Howard Elstro. “We understand that some of the outlying communities have also been affected."
An update on the severe weather that rolled through our area earlier Wednesday evening. Video shot by a viewer in the area of Spencerville showing a tree caught on fire after hitting a power line. The storms started rolling into the region, around 6:30 bringing with them some gusty winds, hail, and very heavy rains. In Lima, a busy night for first responders with flooding reported at some underpasses, multiple trees and power lines also reported down.
Several Van Wert city residents received a rude awakening Thursday morning after a thunderstorm microburst developed in the area. “I woke up to a loud burst of wind,” said resident Tammy Miller, whose house was in the path of the microburst but did not sustain any damage. “It sounded almost like a freight train coming through or something. It sounded like the windows were going to bust out, sounded like the wind was going to fly off."