Moody County Wind Storm
Jul 7, 2011
High winds slammed through Moody County on Friday (July 1). Trees as old as the city were uprooted in Flandreau. Power lines were knocked down, and some people have been without electricity for a week. Houses and outbuildings suffered damage as well. Weather experts say it was not a tornado, but powerful 70-plus mph winds that did the damage. Farmers and Flandreau residents have been cleaning up the debris in the sweltering humidity that followed. Slowly but surely, the yards and streets are returning to normal. Photos by Shane Gerlach of Yankton.
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The road to Flandreau Indian School. -
A roof landed on Main Street in Flandreau. -
Entire grain bins blew down in the storm. -
A house lost its roof in Flandreau in severe wind storms. -
A tree uprooted during the severe wind storm. -
Damage to the Cenex Co-op on Highway 32 just outside of Flandreau. -
A crushed garage at a home in Flandreau. -
The home of Jim and Diane Gerlach sustained many damages, including the loss of nine mature trees, a hole in the roof and water damage. -
More damage to the Gerlach home.
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Entire root systems were upheaved during the storm. -
Even before the rain had stopped, friends and volunteers showed up at the Gerlach home to help clean up.
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