Trees topple onto homes
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 12:00am
The noise from Saturday evening’s storm was so loud that Sam and Joy Adams didn’t realize exactly what had happened to their house until it was all over.
Lamesa Press-Reporter
Hospital sees no storm injuries
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 12:00am
The recent storm impacted Medical Arts Hospital’s (MAH) communications, but it didn’t result in any reported injuries or fatalities.
Help starts right at home
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 12:00am
It was almost a re-run from what happened in February, but instead of ice and snow, it was a storm that uprooted trees, tore off roofs, took out electrical power lines and damaged windows with hail.
Churches here provide help
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 12:00am
Several churches are working to feed, clothe and shelter local residents and out-of-towners impacted by the weekend storm.
Thrift Store, CWJC taking donations, distributing items
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 12:00am
When an elderly man and his son walked into the Christian Women’s Job Corps (CWJC) building looking for beds after their house was flooded, they found two cots among the air mattresses. The only question they had after picking out the cots was: “When do we have to return them?”
Relief truck dishes up meals
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 12:00am
Volunteers with a statewide Baptist organization began serving free meals to local residents Tuesday morning from an emergency relief trailer parked at Second Baptist Church in Lamesa.
Too much of a good thing
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 12:00am
Some early estimates are indicating at much of half of the young cotton crop in Dawson County may have been destroyed as a result of Saturday’s severe storm and subsequent flooding.
Flooding prompts county to stop access to part of cemetery
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 12:00am
Public access to the west end of the Dawson County Cemetery has been closed temporarily due to flooding.
School still assessing damages
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 12:00am
Heavy winds and rains from Saturday’s storm resulted in property damage to Lamesa school buildings and athletic facilities in addition to shutting down summer school classes for two days.
Lake of power creates issues for residents
Wed, 06/30/2021 - 12:00am
When the lights went out for two days at Northridge Retirement Center at 100 N.E. 27th Street, staff members went on the facility’s Facebook page to ask residents’ family members to pick them up.