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Cleanup of storm damage continues in the the region after wind gusts
Across Mahoning and Trumbull counties folks are cleaning up storm damage from the first storm this spring.
Sunday, March 26th 2023, 9:28 PM EDT
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Across Mahoning and Trumbull counties folks are cleaning up storm damage from the first storm this spring.
In Poland sustained winds of up to 35 miles an hour, with gusts reaching up to 60 miles an hour took trees down which smashed off the front of this home.
Crews are working to get downed wires and trees out of road so they can open lanes for travel.
Drivers in Poland had to contend with some traffic lights still not working.
Many businesses there remained without power, closed signs hung on business doors.
Those businesses will remain closed until crews can restore power.
In Poland Village Meghan Hamilton was on the phone with her mom when the unexpected happened.
"She was describing this crazy gust that just blew through and before she could even finish the sentence it hit," Megan Hamilton said.
She and her son looked out the window to see their trampoline tossed 150 feet into a neighbors yard. Their shed and fence destroyed, a play set structure turned into debris.
Megan and her husband point out the five trees and their massive root structures uprooted struck down like bowling pins from their yard and a neighbors yard.
It was around 2:50 on Island Drive in Poland Village when the winds picked up. You can see the wind gusts were so strong that they snapped trees in half like they were match sticks.
"When we were out here in complete shock. We were dodging shingles and sofa cushions from outdoor patio furniture flying everywhere it was wild," Hamilton added.
She and her husband thank God their neighbor's son was not hurt when a tree fell into the neighbors drive way and hit a truck parked their. The neighbors son was in the truck but did not sustain injuries.
The couple is grateful their home, and their next door neighbors homes are ok for the most part.
In Warren on Linda Drive a family is looking for another place to rent after a tree split their home down the middle, destroying the upstairs, her sons bedroom downstairs and kitchen area.
In all the cases amid the damage there is gratitude.
God is good. I'm just happy that we made it out safe and that I wasn't working because if I was working that day I would have been asleep and as you can see, I wouldn't be here today to tell what happened," Marketta Gunther said.