MADISON, Wis. — Residents across Dane County are cleaning up the damage after a line of severe storms blew through the area Monday afternoon.
In Madison, three buildings near Madison College had their roofs ripped off due to the storm, Madison Fire Department spokesperson Cynthia Schuster said.
The American Red Cross is helping displaced residents, including 45 people from a single apartment building.
“This building is quite sturdy and there was that second roof on the top, so really, what is keeping people out of their house right now is access to utilities,” Schuster said during a press conference Monday evening.
No injuries were reported.
Those incidents were just a few of what Schuster said was an “onslaught” of calls to 911 as strong storms blew threw the area Monday afternoon.
A large tree fell across East Johnson Street, closing the road in the 1100 block. The fire department received numerous reports of wires down across Madison.
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The strong winds also blew over an empty semi-truck on the city’s east side, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol. No injuries were reported.
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The damage was not limited to just the City of Madison.
“This is a countywide event,” Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said Monday evening. “There’s a lot of damage that’s roofs blown off, trees down, wires down.”
In Monona, trees blocked numerous roads, the city said. Crews are driving around the city to respond to damage as they find it, with emphasis on tree removal on emergency routes.
A power outage has forced the Monona Library and Community Center — as well as the Senior Center — to close.
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Monona plans to hold a special brush collection in the future, but specific details were not immediately available.
Madison’s engineering department is asking people who come across fallen trees to call the Dane County Sheriff’s Office’s non-emergency line at 608-255-2345.
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