Work to clean up storm damage in Fayette, Westmoreland counties could take weeks

WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. — Work to clean up damage from storms in Westmoreland and Fayette counties could take weeks, as tree services are booked solid.

Channel 11 spoke with a woman who had a dozen trees taken down by Friday’s wind storm.

“We had total devastation in Friday night,” Allison, a resident of Waterford, Westmoreland County, said Monday. “The winds were unbelievable.”

Her home sits along Almond Lane near Ligonier Township.

“The first tree came down around 5:30 p.m. I was cooking dinner and I came outside to see what happened and I noticed the tree beside it was swaying in the wind,” she said, standing in front of her damaged garage. “The ground was bubbling up like a volcano so we knew that one was gonna go too.”

Trees smashed through the roof of her log-cabin style home and crushed the roof of a nearby garage. Despite being in touch with her insurance company, Allison said the real challenge is finding a tree removal service that has a crane that can hoist the decades-old trees safely away from her property.

“We have spoken to someone they have so busy, it’s gonna be a while,” she said.

For now, she’s left waiting for a call back. She tells Channel 11 she is planning a “clean up party” with neighbors this weekend, taking the cleanup process one day at a time.

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PennDOT releases list of roads closed due to debris lift behind by Friday’s strong winds Counties across the area had multiple roads closed throughout the day as downed trees ripped through powerlines and onto the ground during Friday night’s storm.

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