{"id":18575,"date":"2020-07-29T23:20:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=18575"},"modified":"2020-07-29T23:20:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:20:32","slug":"genesee-county-winds-heavy-rain-and-hail-create-a-path-of-destruction-through-elba-on-wednesday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/07\/29\/genesee-county-winds-heavy-rain-and-hail-create-a-path-of-destruction-through-elba-on-wednesday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Winds, heavy rain and hail create a path of destruction through Elba on Wednesday night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bLfOWLi1tNQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The calls for trees and lines down started coming in to 9-1-1 about 7:00p.m on Wednesday night, after a severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elba Fire Chief Mike Heale and his department had to suddenly respond to many calls at once in the area of Transit road, North Byron road, Oak Orchard road, Watson road and Ridge road. Many calls were for trees and lines down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"18578\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/07\/29\/genesee-county-winds-heavy-rain-and-hail-create-a-path-of-destruction-through-elba-on-wednesday-night\/car\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/car.jpg?fit=639%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"639,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"car\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/car.jpg?fit=639%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/car.jpg?resize=639%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18578\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/corn.jpg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/corn.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/corn.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/corn.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/corn.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Mandy Reinhardt-Esten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the calls continued to come in to dispatch, fire crews realized that the storm had also flattened corn in a field and had broken the tops off trees in the area of Watson road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The storm had a path. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18579\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/07\/29\/genesee-county-winds-heavy-rain-and-hail-create-a-path-of-destruction-through-elba-on-wednesday-night\/treetops\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/treetops.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"treetops\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/treetops.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/treetops.jpg?resize=672%2C447&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18579\" width=\"672\" height=\"447\" 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The Genesee County Highway Department responded to assist with cleaning debris from the roadway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The calls for trees and lines down started coming in to 9-1-1 about 7:00p.m on Wednesday night, after a severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service. 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