Deidre Myers
ECB Publishing, Inc.
As the rain started on Wednesday, July 7, Hurricane Elsa downgraded to a tropical storm when it made landfall in Perry mid-morning. There were reports of trees and power lines down throughout the area.
A call came into Jefferson County 911 that a large tree landed on a vehicle on Independent St., in Monticello. At the time of the call, it was unknown if the vehicle was occupied but luckily was determined to be unoccupied. When the tree fell over the road, landing on top of the vehicle, the tree also took out power lines and ripped an exterior wall off a neighboring home. Jefferson County Fire Rescue and Monticello Police Department responded to the scene.
Most of the Jefferson County area didn’t receive much damage from the storm other than continuous rain and some wind gusts due to being on the west side of Tropical Storm Elsa. Generally speaking, the east side of a tropical storm or hurricane sees the most amount of rain, wind, aerial flooding and possible tornadoes. The west (left) side of a storm is the calmer side while the east (right) side is the worst side. Winds are stronger due to the atmospheric flow on the east side of a storm.
A GoFundMe account has been set up for anyone who wishes to help this family with expenses.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/elsa-destroyed-car-home-repairs-for-april-terry