Sunday evening storm causes damage, outages

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Courtesy Putnam County Emergency Management Agency

A severe thunderstorm rolled through Putnam County around 6 p.m. Sunday evening, leaving damage and power outages in its wake.

According to Putnam County Dispatch, there were about 20 reports of trees down in roadways as well as two reports of trees down on houses, one in Bainbridge and one in Stardust Hills in Cloverdale.

A photo from Bainbridge showed a tree down across a car port, smashing the structure as well as damaging the car and pickup parked under it.

There were also numerous reports of trees into power lines, the results of which included approximately 1,000 residences without power in southern Putnam County.

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Thank you, BG! So sorry to see this. Sure hope power is restored soon to all!

-- Posted by letspulltogether on Sun, Jun 30, 2019, at 10:34 PM

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