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Building damages, roofing material blown off and power outages were among the effects of the April 10 rainstorm that swept through many areas of the city of Carrollton.
With winds which reached 75 mph, fallen trees, stop signs and power lines created obstacles for citizens who were driving to work.
John Singleton, Carrollton Police Department spokesman, said the biggest issue they faced was diverting and directing traffic from areas with downed power towers, power lines and traffic signals.
“We had four power lines that are broken on Trinity Mills Road and Kelly Boulevard, a collapsed pole tower that fell on a car along Willow Gate Lane and a fallen power tower on Broadway Boulevard. We have shut down these roads for now,” Singleton said, April 10.
In addition, Singleton said Carrollton police and fire departments attended to various damaged facilities throughout the city.
This includes; a church at Dove Creek Lane that had a collapsed wall, business buildings with severe wall damage and a demolished construction trailer on Luna Road.
Over the weekend, Oncor, an electric distribution and transmission company, went to the various sites with the downed power towers and power lines and moved them off of the roadway, Singleton said.
Singleton said the downed power towers will take at least two weeks to replace.
The Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD dealt with some power outages at 16 of its schools. Some schools received power back early Thursday morning. During the day, nine of the schools were out of power into the evening. These schools include: Montgomery Elementary, Blair Intermediate, Davis Elementary, Carrollton Elementary, McCoy Elementary, Good Elementary, Sheffield Primary School, Sheffield Intermediate School, McKamy Elementary, McWhorter Elementary, Pre-K Center, Farmers Branch Elementary, The Marie Huie Special Education Center, Mary Grimes Education Center and Dan Long Middle School and the C-FB ISD administration building.
As of Thursday, twelve of those schools had power and many of the city’s roads have been reopened, said Mark Hyatt, assistant superintendent of support services for C-FB ISD.
“We are still having power outages all throughout the city. Oncor has told us that the want to restore power to all parts of the city by the end of this weekend,” Singleton said.
No physical injuries and structural fires were reported to the police and fire departments as a result of Thursday’s storms, Singleton said.
In addition, a total of 228 plush Castle Hills homes sustained some damage, 15 to 20 had severe damages, from the storm which passed over the Lewisville area shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday, said Summer Wilhelm, Lewisville emergency management coordinator.
Homes were also damaged in West Plano and multiple housing divisions in Allen were effected by the April 10 storm.
Contact staff writer Stephen Fashoro at 972-628-4087 or sfashoro@acnpapers.com. Comment on this story at scntx.com.
