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(Clinton) -- City pickup of debris will start in the north end of town, but there will not be a specific schedule-and people are asked to get debris to the curb as soon as possible for city pickup

The thunderstorm that rolled through the Clinton area Saturday left trees and tree limbs down-and power outages behind.

Clinton Mayor Mark Vulich updates KROS NEWS that city crews were out Saturday and all streets in Clinton have been cleared of debris.

The mayor said for residents that have downed limbs and branches as a result of the storm, they should place the limbs and branches at the curb and City crews will begin today (Monday) picking up the storm debris throughout the City. There currently are no plans to open the 2nd Ave S. leaf dump site. Also there are no plans to allow open burning of the storm debris at this time. To help crews-Vulich said Limbs/branches need to be of manageable size meaning to cut the sizable limbs to 6-8 foot lengths if that is possible. All limbs/branches must be brought to the curb as City personnel will not go on private property to retrieve or remove the debris.

At the Clinton Municipal Airport winds just before 2 o’clock Saturday were measured at 33 miles an hour with a peak gust of 56 miles an hour.

In a brief tour of the community by K-R-O-S NEWS it appeared most of the damage from fallen limbs and trees was north of 13th Avenue North.

Official weather observer Jim Bleass reported about an inch and a quarter of rain at the official measuring point in about an hour Saturday afternoon.

The mayor said he was informed by Alliant that over 75-hundred customers were without power at the peak of the outage and some of those did not get power restored until Sunday.

Damage is also reported to be widespread in Fulton with power outages throughout the community.

We’ll keep you updated as more details about cleanup and related efforts are updated.

Written 8/6/2012 by Dave Vickers - KROS News

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