Kosciusko County residents still clearing Friday’s microburst storm damage

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. -- Storm clean-up is still well underway for Warsaw area residents, following the short, but powerful microburst storm on Friday.

The storm left trees knocked down, power lines down, and homes damaged. Marq Eldridge, an Arborist with Timber Tree Solutions, says the damage may take months for residents to fully recover from.

“We’re going to be busy for a couple months out here on Chapman Lake, it’s going to be a while. So, we’ll just keep working day and night, every day until it’s taken care of,” said Eldridge.

He explained that his team has been out helping clear debris and trees since the storm hit, focusing first on removing trees from homes and buildings.

“So, we’ll focus on removing the trees off structures and then after that we’re going to focus on removing trees off of cars, out of the yards, picking up debris. Just trying to get things back to normal, help these people get to normal life again,” explained Eldridge.

Residents have been coming together helping their neighbors. Glenn Meiser, a Chapman Lake resident, says people can do some impressive things when they work together.

“The neighbors have all just been coming together to do stuff. Get enough people together and you can move some pretty big things,” said Meiser.