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Western Mass News went out to Holyoke to see some of the damage of the intense storm that tore throughout the bay state Saturday.
Officials from FEMA, along with state, county, and city crews, including the mayor, went to door-to-door as down this block as disaster assessment teams began the process of reviewing damage from storms in mid-August to eventually determine if homeowners can get federal disaster recovery assistance.
Local cities and towns are undergoing extensive cleanup efforts after a weekend storm uprooted trees and left significant debris.
After the intense hail storm Wednesday night, people spent the day looking over the damage done to their homes. But, how do you prove damage to insurance, and how do you know which contractors are reliable?
Most of the warnings were severe thunderstorm warnings and even a flash flood warning too with 60 mph damaging gusts and/or hail 1.00"+ in diameter. Here are the county-by-county storm damage reports collected by the National Weather Service from Sunday:
Storms damaged tents and merchandise at Beaver Dam Farm, but vendors worked through the night and morning to make sure the annual Sunflower Festival opened on time.
Saturday’s storms prompted thunderstorm and tornado warnings and left behind damage in several western Massachusetts communities.
MEADVIEW, AZ (AZFamily) — A community in northwestern Arizona near Lake Mead is without power and water after heavy storms on Friday night. Sherry Woodward, a resident in Meadview, told Arizona’s Family that water and power have been knocked out for dozens of homeowners in and around the small Mohave County community.