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NewsAugust 4, 2009

A thunderstorm moved across Cape Girardeau County Aug. 4 leaving 5,040 AmerenUE customers out of power.

ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com
Public Works maintenance worker Scott Klingeman, right, and operator Eugene Robinson clean up the remains of a tree that blocked Lorimier Street near Themis Street Wednesday after the Aug. 4 storms.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com Public Works maintenance worker Scott Klingeman, right, and operator Eugene Robinson clean up the remains of a tree that blocked Lorimier Street near Themis Street Wednesday after the Aug. 4 storms.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com
A stalled automobile is assisted by a towtruck during heavy rain on Broadway Tuesday night.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com A stalled automobile is assisted by a towtruck during heavy rain on Broadway Tuesday night.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com
Motorists drive through stormwater on Broadway Tuesday night.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com Motorists drive through stormwater on Broadway Tuesday night.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com
A big tree blocks Lorimier Street near Themis Street that fell due to storms Aug. 4.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com A big tree blocks Lorimier Street near Themis Street that fell due to storms Aug. 4.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com
Jim Edmundson, city public works worker, closes a gate to prevent traffic from crossing through high water Tuesday night on Howell Street.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com Jim Edmundson, city public works worker, closes a gate to prevent traffic from crossing through high water Tuesday night on Howell Street.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com
Lightning lights up the sky over downtown Cape Girardeau during Tuesday night storms.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com Lightning lights up the sky over downtown Cape Girardeau during Tuesday night storms.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com
Lightning lights up the entire sky over downtown Cape Girardeau at 9:30 p.m. during Tuesday night storms.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com Lightning lights up the entire sky over downtown Cape Girardeau at 9:30 p.m. during Tuesday night storms.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com
A tree blocks Bellevue Street near Lorimier.
ELIZABETH DODD ~ edodd@semissourian.com A tree blocks Bellevue Street near Lorimier.
BRAD HOLLERBACH ~ bhollerbach@semissourian.com
A tree down across the 200 block of Minnesota Avenue.
BRAD HOLLERBACH ~ bhollerbach@semissourian.com A tree down across the 200 block of Minnesota Avenue.
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A thunderstorm moved across Cape Girardeau County Aug. 4 leaving 5,040 AmerenUE customers out of power.

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