Overnight storms that moved into Logan and Franklin counties on late Saturday night caused a variety of damage to homes and businesses in the area. Subiaco Academy sustained minor damage to trees, a roof top, and its tennis court fencing due to high winds and trees and limbs. Most of the damage across the area has been observed as being downed tree limbs that are scattering the area. Residents and business owners were out on Sunday cleaning up the debris on their properties.
There were unofficial reports on social media of residents who had fallen trees on their homes. Power outages occurred in durations that ranged from just a few minutes to several hours during the early Sunday morning hours.
The town of Pleasant View located just a few miles south of Scranton saw damage to trees and the roof top of a chicken house. Metal roofing material from the house was blown across the highway and wrapped around and between trees. Several large trees appeared to also be uprooted.
Metal from a structure across the highway in Pleasant View is lodged in trees from last night’s storm (RNN Photo / Jim Best)
In the town of Paris, winds ripped off frontage awnings and walls of a local video store. Although the damage is significant to those affected, it was not of the scale of just short of a year ago when the city of Paris was widely damaged from straight line winds that caused structural damage and wide-spread power outages during the hot summer days of July. That storm also caused damage to the local water tower that placed water supplies at a critically low level for the residents of Paris.
It is too early to determine if last night’s storm was a tornado or straight-line winds. But fortunately, there are no reports of injuries or deaths due to the storm.
Stay with RNN for more information on the storm as it becomes available.
