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pictures by Mike Fak and Jessie Eynon |
Fierce cloud-to-ground lightning accompanied "derecho"
straight- line winds |
One of the signature hawthorn trees on the
county courthouse square was severely damaged. |
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A walnut tree in Postville Park on Fifth
Street was snapped clean at 6 feet off the ground. |
Ferocious winds downed even young and lower-lying limbs and branches in residential areas. |
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A large sycamore branch was felled on Peoria
Street, evicting a hive of bees. |
Complete with honeycombs, this beehive in a
tree was completely destroyed. |
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