Widespread damage in north St. Louis County after severe storms
SPANISH LAKE, Mo. – First responders in north St. Louis County are busy checking on residents after powerful winds passed through Friday night.
Storm damage took down power lines, trees and damaged some homes. No injuries have been reported as of Friday evening.
At least one house on Larimore Road near Aspen Woods Drive sustained damage to its gas meter when a tree hit it. Spire energy crews responded, and first responders briefly closed the area. Everyone living inside the home was okay.
Nate Tobias lives nearby and is without power for the second time this month after severe storms.
“The wind kicked in very, very hard,” said Tobias. “I started blowing trees left and right. Started hearing crackling and stuff like that and thunder crackling and next thing you know, power was flickering for a minute then it just went off and after that it kept bowing rain.”
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A few blocks away, near Surf Side Drive and Bellefontaine Road, one woman says her neighbor’s tree fell onto a car, busting the windshield. Other cars around the area also suffered damage from trees.
“We’re just looking out the window, and literally a tree over there at the nighbor’s house collapsed on everything,” said resident Autumn Ryan. “It just fell down.”
Some families are also dealing with trees that fell onto their roofs. One resident tells FOX 2 he believes around three-quarters of the Spanish Lake community is without power late Friday evening.
The latest severe storm brought lightning, heavy rain and damaging winds around the region. Some communities also dealt with hail and flood risks. Ameren reports around 30,000 people are without power in Missouri and Illinois after Friday’s round of storms.
FOX 2 is learning more about storm damage and will update as more information becomes available.
Source: KTVI Fox 2 St. Louis
