The wind storm that went through LaSalle County Monday afternoon was as sudden as it was ferocious. People told WCMY things seemed normal right up until the blast of air took down trees and power lines around their homes.
It’s the same scene all across northern Illinois. Trees of all sizes and ages were broken and sometimes wholly uprooted, taking chunks of ground or slabs of sidewalk with them. Some damaged houses. Utility lines came down in numerous places. Power outages were scattered across northern Illinois.
Columbus St. just south of the I & M Canal is taped off because of fallen power lines
Damage outside Marquette High School
At least a third of this big tree is sheared off.
A tree toppled and took part of the sidewalk with it on St. George St. in Ottawa.
More damage in center Ottawa
Center Ottawa
A car’s back window is broken out
Siding damage reveals the old siding beneath
North side Ottawa stores were closed Monday afternoon. The power was out.
Traffic lights were out by Walmart.
Ottawa’s west side
A view from an alley on Ottawa’s west side shows damage to a house and the tree that caused it.
Near the former Carretto’s bowling alley.
Mammatus clouds after the storm
W. Lafayette St. in Ottawa