MANHATTAN -The thunderstorm that ripped through the Manhattan and Ogden areas early Friday morning left a lot of damage behind.

Pat Collins, Riley County Emergency Management Director, confirmed  that in the industrial park by the airport tractor trailers were pushed around and flipped over, a couple of residents were impacted by trees blown over in Ogden, and there were a lot of trees blocking streets with power lines down. J

Just before 11:30 on Friday morning, Collins said, “Right now we’ve got city and county crews out trying to get all the trees out of the road.”

Collins noted there were also a lot of tree branches down in the yards of residents.

He noted many trees are blocking storm drains. Authorities also watched Wildcat Creek Friday morning for flooding. That creek rose into the action stage, but it later stabilized just above the action stage, and the water level began to recede.
There were no injuries reported in the storm.

Multiple streets were closed in both Manhattan and Ogden and on a couple of rural county roads because of trees across the roadway according to Collins.

He said wind speeds at the Manhattan Regional Airport were closed at 73 miles per hour, and 65 miles per hour at the Riley County shops just north of Manhattan.
Because of the road and tree damage Riley County officials plan to issue a disaster declaration in anticipation of any other rains and flooding. That would put the county in line for any federal funding assistance that might be available. The disaster declaration will be submitted to Riley County Commission Chairman Ron Wells Friday for his signature, with the intent of keeping the declaration in effect for seven days.