Straight Line Winds Up To 80 MPH Damage Nearly 100 Trees, Leave Thousands Without Power In Ewing Township
EWING TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) -- Straight line winds with gusts up to 80 mph during Thursday night's severe storms damaged nearly 100 trees and left thousands without power in Ewing Township, Mercer County. Residents say it sounded like a train came through.
"We heard a big boom, only one. Then the next thing you know buckets of water just pouring down raining. Then the wind started picking up. Once the wind came in, lights and everything out," Jeffrey Todd said.
The National Weather Service says the severe storms uprooted 10 to 20 large trees. Three homes were damaged from the fallen trees and one house was destroyed.
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The straight line winds hit Ewing Township around 8:15 p.m.
Over 4,000 customers were left without power as the severe weather knocked down power lines. At least 1,800 people are still without power during the middle of this heatwave.
"I'm drenched in sweat right now," one person said.
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Roads are shut down as crews continue to clean up and restore power.
"I got here around noon and I just saw all the roads blocked. I didn't know why," one person said. "I drove around almost ten times because I couldn't find a way in."
Residents on Glen Stewart Drive are helping nearby neighbors who are still without power.
"Just been out here helping each other out, running cord from this house to my generator, this house over here to my generator so they have some power for their refrigerator and air-conditioning unit," one resident said.
Power is expected to be restored sometime late Thursday evening or early Friday morning.
No injuries were reported.
CBS3's Kimberly Davis contributed to this report.
