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Storm takes a toll

Up to 80,000 without power, 30-degree temperature drops, trees down, homes damaged – it was a big, mean storm that rolled through Fort Wayne on Friday afternoon. See some of our staff photos, along with some reader-submitted photos, that we have compiled.

An electrician works Sunday in a north side neighborhood to restore power to some Fort Wayne residents. The crew in Maplewood Park, near Maplecrest and Trier roads, was from Kentucky. Crews have come to the area to assist Indiana Michigan Power from Kentucky, Virginia, Oklahoma and Michigan. As of Sunday afternoon, about 60,000 residents were still without power (Photo by Sarah Janssen)
Tree blocked street on Duprey, near Monach Drive on the Northeast Side.(photo by Keith Hitchens)
High winds Friday knocked down these trees in Bluffton with such force that a concrete sidewalk buckled as they fell. (Photo by Bob Caylor)
Three utility poles were nearly toppled Friday afternoon by high winds in Bluffton. The wind uprooted a pair of large trees that in time dragged over the poles with them. (Photo by Bob Caylor)
Vendors at the Historic West Main Street Farmers Market watch a fast-moving storm coming right before 3 p.m. Friday. The storm had wind gusts recorded at Fort Wayne International Airport of 91 mph. (By Lisa Esquivel Long)
Vendors of the Historic West Main Street Farmers Market scramble to keep their canopy from blowing over moments before a fast-moving storm hit Friday afternoon. The National Weather Service reported wind of 63 mph with gusts at Fort Wayne International Airport of 91 mph. (By Lisa Esquivel Long)
Dust from several days of dryness blow over West Main Street on Friday afternoon. The National Weather Service reported wind of 63 mph with gusts at Fort Wayne International Airport of 91 mph. (By Lisa Esquivel Long)
A tree branch was downed on West Main Street after 63 mph wind with gusts of up to 91 mph Friday afternoon. (By Lisa Esquivel Long)
A man takes an ax to a tree as he and neighbors work to clear fallen trees from Columbia Ave Friday afternoon in the aftermath of the storm that blew through the area around 3 p.m. (Photo by Ellie Bogue)
Neighbors work to clear fallen trees from Columbia Ave Friday afternoon in the aftermath of the storm that blew through the area around 3 p.m. (Photo by Ellie Bogue)
A car was flattened by fallen trees limbs in the 1000 block of Columbia Ave Friday afternoon in the aftermath of the storm that blew through the area around 3 p.m. (Photo by Ellie Bogue)
Neighbors walk down Columbia Ave Friday afternoon surveying the damage in the aftermath of the storm that blew through the area around 3 p.m. (Photo by Ellie Bogue)
Laura Steele rakes up leaves as her husband David cuts up a fallen tree as he with some help from his neighbors on Lake Ave Friday afternoon after a strong storm blew through the area around 3 p.m. (Photo by Ellie Bogue)
A car took a direct hit on Lake Ave Friday afternoon. The area had multiple trees and wires down from the strong storm that passed through the area around 3 p.m. (Photo by Ellie Bogue)
D O McComb & Sons Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave had a large tree come down right across the street taking out the traffic light and tearing up the sidewalk. (Photo by Ellie Bogue)
Cars were bumper to bumper on many streets at rush hour, this is St Joe Blvd. People traveling home from downtown could not use Columbia Street because it was blocked by debris from Friday afternoon’s storm. (Photo by Ellie Bogue)
Some drivers took to the sidewalks as they tried to get around fallen trees and power lines, this was on Spy Run extended, the road was fully blocked a little further up.People traveling home from downtown could not use Columbia Street because it was blocked by debris from Friday afternoon’s storm. (Photo by Ellie Bogue)
Cars were bumper to bumper on many streets at rush hour, this is Coliseum Blvd. People traveling home found many non functioning traffic lights including the one at Clinton Street and Coliseum. (Photo by Ellie Bogue)
D O McComb & Sons Funeral Home, 1140 Lake Ave had a large tree come down right across the street taking out the traffic light and tearing up the sidewalk. (Photo by Ellie Bogue)
A photo in the aftermath of Friday’s massive storm. (Photo by Bonnie Manning)
A semi overturned on Interstate 69 near Intertate 469 during Friday’s storm. (Photo by Elle Ruff)
A tree falls through a house in Lake Forest Addition in Northeast Fort Wayne (Photo by Brad Saleik)
A sign falls in the Statewood Plaza on State and Coliseum. (Photo by Brad Saleik)
A tree falls through a house in Lake Forest Addition in Northeast Fort Wayne (Photo by Brad Saleik)
A tree blocking Kentucky Avenue between Vermont and Tennessee avenues. (Photo by Caleb Cook)
Lakeside Park near Vermont-California intersection. (Photo by Caleb Cook)
Tree falls on a jeep and a garage. (Photo by Rob Stone)
Birch tree downed near Zanesville. (Photo by Beverly Hart)
A kids fort was blown over on the southwest side of town. (Photo by Laura Weston-Elchert)
Jeep roof gets hit and windshield shattered. (Photo by Rob Stone)
View from just before the storm hit from the parking lot of IPFW looking out to Coliseum Boulevard. (Photo by Brad Saleik)
A tree falls on a fence and a house in Lake Forest addition. (Photo by Brad Saleik)
A portion of a fence was blown down (Photo by Ryan Wulpi)
On the corner of Huron St. downtown Ft. Wayne. (Photo by Deserae King)
Storm damage on the northeast side. (Photo by Amy Saleik)
A tree fell on a garage. (Photo by Jon Swerens)
A street wisn on Washington Blvd. was hanging. (Photo by Jon Swerens)
A tree fell across Wayne Street. (Photo by Jon Swerens)
Car hidden by tree limbs on Landover Place. (photo by Keith Hitchens)
Cimb crushes car in driveway on Landover Place. (photo by Keith Hitchens)
Work men reove a tee that fell into a house at the corner of Maplecrest and Monarch Dr. (photo by Keith Hitchens)
Tree into house at the corner of Maplecrest and Monarch Dr. (photo by Keith Hitchens)
Jack Rhinehart, an employee of the Headwaters Park Alliance, clears debris Saturday where an ornamental pear tree fell and knocked down a section of ornate fencing. (Photo by Lisa Esquivel Long)
A weeping willow felled by Friday afternoon’s storm lies across a sidewalk in Headwaters Park West on Saturday. It was one of about 30 park trees that will need to be replaced. (Photo by Lisa Esquivel Long)
A tree near the Madge Rothschild Pavilion in Headwaters Park Wes pulled up a section of sidewalk as it fell in Friday’s storm. (Photo by Lisa Esquivel Long)
A downed tree is propped up over a house in the 4200 block of South Calhoun Street on Sunday, probably as a result of Friday afternoon’s storm. (Photo by Lisa Esquivel Long)
Trees stripped of their branches line (Photo by Lisa Esquivel Long)
A volunteer hands out bags of ice to area residents Sunday in the former Value City Department Store parking lot near the intersection of Coliseum Blvd. and Lake Avenue. Volunteers from AEP and Community Harvest Food Bank gave two bags per household to those cars that lined up. WalMart donated the bags of ice, enough to fill a semi trailer. (Photo by Sarah Janssen)
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