May 25, 2011

Storm Damage - May 25, 2011

Severe storms blew through the region on Wednesday, May 25, 2011.

Kristin Eberts and Fred Lynch

KRISTIN EBERTS ~ keberts@semissourian.com Residents check out a downed tree near 1411 Themis St. in Cape Girardeau after severe storms blew through the area on Wednesday, May, 25, 2011.

Joe Horacek of Sedalia, Mo. surveys the damage to his neighborhood shortly after a tornado sliced through it Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Horacek said he got sprayed with glass and debris when he looked out a window after hearing the wind and barely made it to the safety of his bathroom. His home, in background, he said, "is gone". (AP Photo/Sedalia Democrat, Sydney Brink)

Contract utility crews for Black River Electric Cooperative work Thursday, May 26, 2011 to remove trees and restore power to homes in Silva, Mo., where a tornado passed through Wednesday. Dozens of people were injured, mobile homes were flipped and roofs were torn off houses when tornadoes and thunderstorms hit Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and other states Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Daily American Republic, Paul Davis)

Darren Lazanby, Sedalia, Mo, helps carry belongings out of a house damaged by the tornado in Sedalia, Mo., on Wednesday May 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Dan Gill)

Kallen Russom of Silva, Mo., looks for his mother's eyeglasses Thursday, May 26, 2011, under a large silver maple tree which was uprooted outside their home Wednesday as a tornado passed through Silva. Russom suffered a dislocated shoulder when the same tree fell on him and his fiance as they ran for cover. (AP Photo/Daily American Republic, Paul Davis)

People make their way through the wreckage of a home damaged by a tornado in Sedalia, Mo., on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Dan Gill)

Dan Montgomery of Silva, Mo., looks through the remains of family members Jeremy and Lacy Lacey's mobile home Thursday, May 26, 2011. The trailer, according to witnesses, had been picked up to treetop level and tossed against a nearby tree when a tornado passed through Silva Wednesday afternoon. The family was seeking shelter was not in trailer at the time. (AP Photo/Daily American Republic, Paul Davis)

Judy Dougan talks to her insurance agent, Wednesday, May 25, 2011, after a tornado severely damaged her house in Sedalia, Mo. In the background is her living room, minus roof and walls. Dougan weathered the storm in a closet with her dog. She said she had just finished having new windows installed in her house. (AP Photo/Sedalia Democrat, Sydney Brink)

People pick through the debris in the wreckage of homes damaged by a tornado in Sedalia, Mo., on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Dan Gill)

Pettis County Sheriff's Deputy Wes Burton stands guard, Wednesday, May 25, 2011, behind a truck stop in Sedalia, Mo., to prevent people from entering a trailer park that was off-limits to the public because of gas leaks and downed power lines from a tornado strike. (AP Photo/Sedalia Democrat, Sydney Brink)

A man makes his way through the wreckage of a home damaged by a tornado in Sedalia, Mo., on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Dan Gill)

KRISTIN EBERTS ~ keberts@semissourian.com An Ameren worker fixes a power line along South Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau after severe storms blew through the area on Wednesday, May, 25, 2011.

KRISTIN EBERTS ~ keberts@semissourian.com Kids check out a downed tree near 1411 Themis St. in Cape Girardeau after severe storms blew through the area on Wednesday, May, 25, 2011.

KRISTIN EBERTS ~ keberts@semissourian.com A large construction sign lies overturned along South Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau after severe storms blew through the area on Wednesday, May, 25, 2011.

KRISTIN EBERTS ~ keberts@semissourian.com A tree was down on a car and power lines at 1411 Themis St. in Cape Girardeau after severe storms blew through the area on Wednesday, May, 25, 2011.

KRISTIN EBERTS ~ keberts@semissourian.com Garrett Landewee, 12, rides his bike near a downed tree at 1411 Themis St. in Cape Girardeau after severe storms blew through the area on Wednesday, May, 25, 2011.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com The sun emerges in the western sky after a severe storm passes through the Kelso, Mo. area Wednesday, May 25, 2011.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com A rainbow is seen east of Kelso, Mo. after a severe storm Wednesday, May 25, 2011.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Traffic moves on Interstate 55 just south of Cape Girardeau at sunset after a severe storm Wednesday, May 25, 2011.

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Severe storms blew through the region on Wednesday, May 25, 2011.

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