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Slideshow: Windstorm damages NIC
Nearly two weeks after the fact, clean-up crews continue to remove debris and restore damage ensued by the windstorm earlier this month.
Raging winds, reportedly reaching 61 mph in CDA the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 13, toppled over dozens of trees on the NIC campus.
Certain campus amenities, such as the Children’s Center and Writing Center have indefinitely been shut down while the buildings await completed restoration.
Students and others visiting the campus have been asked to avoid certain areas, including the park behind Seiter Hall, where the wreckage is most outstanding so that clean-up crews may work undisturbed until the campus is restored to its normal state.
Fallen trees surround the normally serene Rose Garden near the Dike road on campus. Photos by Paul Celeri.
A tree obscures the backside of Lee Kildow Hall after the windstorm fell multiple trees around campus.
Numerous trees along the lakeside road around campus were toppled during the windstorm, leaving some streets inaccessible until the debris was cleared.
Buildings were not the only victims. A car parked alongside Hubbard Avenue near campus was destroyed by a fallen tree.
Cheamkwet Park sign hangs damaged outside Seiter Hall.