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MILAN — The powerful winds brought by Tuesday afternoon’s brief storm left a path of destruction across Milan.
Hundreds of homes in Milan Township were without power, and the roads were scattered with debris from broken branches. The streets of Milan were lined with people assessing the damage left by the storm.
In the village, several of the trees in the square snapped at the trunk. An offshoot trunk coming from one of the square’s largest trees snapped off the main branch, crushing a park bench.
Nearby, The Wine Post lost several bricks from its roof due to the damage, but there didn’t appear to be any interior damage, and people were still drinking their beverages inside
"It was a bad straight-line wind that just came through and started tearing things up,” said Joan Fisher, the co-owner of Crosstown Goods. “I thought the large tree in the square was going snap,”
But, once the storm ended, she said people came together and helped clean up glass and clear branches from the road.
“It was a really nice thing to see,” Fisher said. “I was just sweeping and people came over and started helping.”
Homes also suffered significant damage. Dan Frederick, a Milan Township trustee, had a large tree crash onto his home after the wind uprooted it and the sidewalk onto it.
“We got a lot of winds and, unfortunately, this big, beautiful tree fell into my house,” Frederick said. “Luckily, no one was injured, and houses can be repaired and rebuilt, but it will take 100 years to replace a tree like that.”
Several roads were blocked off in the village and the township as crews tried to clear the roads. As of 6:30 p.m., more than 8,000 Ohio Edison customer in Milan were still without power.
Additionally, The Coupling Metropark experienced significant damage as well. The Erie MetroPark property is closed until further notice.
