Storm damage

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Jill Bock and Sikeston Department of Public Safety

Strong winds ripped through parts of Sikeston Monday night, leaving damaged homes and buildings along with uprooted trees and large limbs falling in yards and on homes.

Debris came crashing down on the fence at Mission Missouri on Ruth Street during Monday's storm.
DPS officer Brian DeLisle operates a drone to enable city staff to get a look at the damage to the IOOF building on Kingshighway.
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The front window blew out and the roof caved in down to the first floor at the old IOOF building on Kingshighway in Downtown Sikeston following Monday's evening's storm.
Sikeston Department of Public Safety Director Drew Juden, left, and Sikeston City Manager Jon Douglass survey the damage to the IOOF building on Kingshighway Tuesday morning. High winds damaged several buildings in the downtown area, prompting DPS of some areas to traffic until cleanup could be completed.
Work began around noon Tuesday sto take down the second story of the IOOF building on Kingshighway after storm damage pushed the roof into the first floor of the building. According to Lynn Lancaster, director of the Historic Downtown Sikeston group, if the building can be stabilized they hope to restore the first floor for use.
The machine operator keeps a close eye as he demolishes the second floor of the Sikeston IOOF building located at the corner of Center Street and Kingshighway in downtown Sikeston Tuesday afternoon.
City of Sikeston employee Bill Paxton helps load a truck with debris from a tree as Glen Hoskins operates the front end loader following Monday evening's storm.
Glenn Hoskins, a city of Sikeston employee, operates a backhoe to pick up debris left over from Monday evening's storm which toppled trees and blew out windows. Hoskins was working Tuesday morning at the Murray Lane Baptist Church.
A massive oak tree near the YMCA of Southeast Missouri was toppled by the winds which were a part of Monday night's storm that blew threw Southeast Missouri.
Billy Hammon uses a chain saw to cut through large limbs which fell in American Legion Park during Monday's storms which brought heavy rain and high winds. In the back ground Gary Annesser takes limbs to a truck for removal.
High winds during Monday evening's storm ripped off the roof at 6 Mini Drive, which houses several businesses including the United Way office.
Debris comes tumbling down from the top of the Sikeston IOOF building at the corner of Center Street and Kingshighway Tuesday afternoon. Monday evening's storm damaged the building so severely that the structure was no longer safe. Officials hope to maintain at least the first floor of the historic building.
Debris comes tumbling down from the top of the Sikeston IOOF building at the corner of Center Street and Kingshighway Tuesday afternoon. Monday evening's storm damaged the building so severely that the structure was no longer safe. Officials hope to maintain at least the first floor of the historic building.
A crowd gathered to watch as work began to take down the second story of the IOOF building on Kingshighway after storm damage pushed the roof into the first floor of the building. According to Lynn Lancaster, director of the Historic Downtown Sikeston group, if the building can be stabilized they hope to restore the first floor for use.
Area residents watched as work progressed on the IOOF building Tuesday afternoon. The building, located at the corner of Center Street and Kingshighway, was damaged by Monday evening's storm causing the roof to drop down to the first floor.
A tree limb barely missed a trailer in Morehouse following Monday evenings heavy rain and high winds.