[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Cleanup continues from Sundays storms in the Brainerd Lakes Area[/title][fusion_text]Wednesday, July 15th 2015
Cleanup continues from Sundays storms in the Brainerd Lakes Area. As of Tuesday, Minnesota Power reported still thousands without power from Staples, Nisswa, Pillager, Brainerd-Baxter and even reports still from Morrrison County. The hope is to have power restored to all by noon Thursday. The biggest obstacle has been large trees that have fallen on powerlines and there is a possibility of finding more broken poles as the clearing of debris continues. The National Weather Service confirmed tornadoes in western Minnesota Sunday but stated the storm that hit Brainerd was a supercell with a downburst of winds 65-80 miles per hour with a force matching a category 1 hurricane in southern states. Army Corp of Engineers reported Monday that the Gull Lake Dam is closed along with all recreational sites around it until further notice. There was no reports of any serious injuries or fatalites from the storms in the lakes area.
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