Cleanup continues after the weekend’s windstorm hits Kingston, Ontario. – Kingston | The Canadian News

The cleanup continued Monday after a powerful windstorm hit Kingston, Ontario. region on Saturday night.

Winds exceeding 100 km / h left thousands of people without electricity, knocked over trees and branches, damaged street lights and sent loose objects into the air.

Cleanup crews were busy Monday at 95 Mack Street, where the storm caused a tree to crash through the roof and front porch of the home.

The fallen branches also damaged Go Green Baby, a Division Street green store for moms and babies.

“The damage appeared to be mostly to the roof,” says store owner Amanda Findley. “We had minimal damage inside the store, just some of the drywall and all of our internet and phone cables were cut completely, but otherwise we were very lucky.”

Jiachen Peng and her roommates live across the street from the store and saw first responders and Kingston utilities deal with the initial cleanup.

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“The wind that night was one of the strongest I’ve ever felt in my life,” says Peng.

“I legitimately felt like they were picking me up and it was crazy how strong the winds were. And you walk down the street at night and all the trees were shaking and the streetlights were shaking and the tarps were going crazy. It was wild. “

According to Utilities Kingston, at one point or another on Saturday night, a total of 13,000 customers were without power.

“The largest disruption during the event was around 5,200 customers,” says Jim Miller, chief operating officer for Utilities Kingston. “Most of these were caused by tree limbs, limbs, trees being uprooted and knocked over and hitting the lines and basically losing power as a result.”

Fences along Centennial Drive were hit by the wind and shingle repair is now a common sight in neighborhoods across the city.

Winds that blew between 90 and 120 km / h even took a trampoline out of a courtyard and placed it on a pole.

Utilities Kingston says that as of Monday, power was restored for all but three customers, one of which is 95 Mack Street.

As for Go Green Baby, they hope to have their phone and internet lines up and running by the end of the week.