Expect sunny skies in the aftermath of the storms that blew across the Delmarva Peninsula yesterday which left behind downed power lines and tree limbs.
In Seaford the roof of the Soil Services building that is used for storage was destroyed.
At one point Delmarva Power reported around 16-thousand customers in Delaware and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore were without power yesterday. Around 10-thousand were in Delaware alone.
Downed trees and power lines block more than a dozen roads in the First State.
Salisbury University closed at 3 pm yesterday and remained closed for all nonessential personnel until 11 pm last night.
The Salisbury Daily Times reports that in Ocean City dark clouds covered the sky with torrents of rain hitting the coastal areas.
The rains blinded drivers leaving a string of brake lights along the resort’s main highway.
The paper also reports that in Somerset County the storm knocked down a few trees near the Wicomico County line and another on the should of Route 13 and Revells Neck Road near the Eastern Correctional Institution.
Some power lines were also knocked down in Princess Anne.
In St. Mary’s County there were reports of baseball sized hail.
In southern Sussex County trees and wires were reported down yesterday with many stop light without power facing flooded roads.
Tornadoes
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Maryland Emergency Management Agency is reporting only minor damage to buildings from three reported tornadoes
Spokesman Ed McDonough says there have been no reports of injuries from the storms Thursday afternoon. He says a woman was struck by lightning in Cecil County Thursday morning.
McDonough says tornadoes were reported near Olney in Montgomery County, Laurel in Prince George's County and Snow Hill in Worcester County on the Eastern Shore.
The National Weather Service says it can't confirm any tornadoes before taking a close look at the damage.
Storm Topples Centuries Old Tree
WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) - The severe line of storms that hit the Mid-Atlantic has claimed an unusual casualty: a centuries-old tree.
Donna Sizemore tells The Carroll County Times that a roughly 380-year-old white oak tree was uprooted on her property during the Thursday morning storm.
The tree stood 91 feet tall and was part of the Maryland Big Tree Program.
Sizemore, who lives south of Westminster, says she could have been killed had the tree fallen the other way onto her home.
It was last measured in 2008 at 14 feet 3 inches in circumference, with a 99-foot spread of its top branches.
