Strong winds leave a big mess in one Orem neighborhood

Strong winds leave a big mess in one Orem neighborhood


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Randall Jeppesen reportingAn Orem neighborhood is cleaning up today after a freak windstorm last night.

John Durrant says he heard what sounded like a freight train. He says, "This huge tree right here was actually hitting the house."

Strong winds leave a big mess in one Orem neighborhood

Fearing the trees were going to come through the roof he went to the back of the house and saw a tree in his back yard had already tumbled over "I've got a weather station, a Davis weather station on the roof. I looked at it and it said 101."

Up the street Garth Openshaw had a big pine tree go down in his yard. It landed on the top of one of his cars.

Strong winds leave a big mess in one Orem neighborhood

Only a few blocks around 600 North and 1000 West were affected, but the strong winds left tree branches and roof shingles all around the neighborhood.

E-mail: rjeppesen@ksl.com

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