PHOTOS: Crews work to clean up the aftermath of Wednesday’s windstorm

By Chancey Bush December 18, 2021 | updated 5 years ago

A woman walks by several uprooted trees that fell onto a home on Cascade Avenue and Columbia Street in Colorado Springs on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. A wind storm ripped through El Paso County causing major damages to trees, homes and power lines. City crews and tree companies are working to clean up the aftermath of Wednesday’s hurricane-force winds that topped 100 mph in some areas of El Paso County. Colorado Springs Utilities are working around the clock to fix power lines and restore power to residents still facing outages in areas. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)

Arborist Tony Bell, co-owner with The Community Tree Service, throws a branch he cut using a pole saw from a tree that fell on a house on Nevada Avenue near Caramillo Street in Colorado Springs on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. A wind storm ripped through El Paso County causing major damages to trees, homes, sidewalks and power lines. City crews and tree companies are working to clean up the aftermath of Wednesday’s hurricane-force winds that topped 100 mph in some areas of El Paso County. Colorado Springs Utilities’ crews are working around the clock to fix power lines and restore power to residents still facing outages in areas. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)

City crews work to clean up trees in the median of Cascade Avenue near Columbia Street in Colorado Springs on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. A wind storm ripped through El Paso County causing major damages to trees, homes and power lines. City crews and tree companies are working to clean up the aftermath of Wednesday’s hurricane-force winds that topped 100 mph in some areas of El Paso County. Colorado Springs Utilities are working around the clock to fix power lines and restore power to residents still facing outages in areas. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)

A lineman works to fix Colorado Springs Utilities’ poles along Nevada Avenue to restore power to residents without electricity in Colorado Springs on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. A wind storm ripped through El Paso County causing major damages to trees, homes, sidewalks and power lines. City crews and tree companies are working to clean up the aftermath of Wednesday’s hurricane-force winds that topped 100 mph in some areas of El Paso County. Colorado Springs Utilities’ crews are working around the clock to fix utility lines and restore power to residents still facing outages in areas. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)

A wind storm ripped through El Paso County causing major damages to trees, homes, sidewalks and power lines. City crews and tree companies are working to clean up the aftermath of Wednesday’s hurricane-force winds that topped 100 mph in some areas of El Paso County. Colorado Springs Utilities’ crews are working around the clock to fix utility lines and restore power to residents still facing outages in areas. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)

Baruch Bachofer uses a chain saw to cut into a large tree that fell outside a home on Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. A wind storm ripped through El Paso County causing major damages to trees, homes, sidewalks and power lines. City crews and tree companies are working to clean up the aftermath of Wednesday’s hurricane-force winds that topped 100 mph in some areas of El Paso County. Colorado Springs Utilities’ crews are working around the clock to fix utility lines and restore power to residents still facing outages in areas. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)

Arborist Tony Bell, co-owner with The Community Tree Service, uses a pole saw to cut off branches from a tree that fell on a house on Nevada Avenue near Caramillo Street in Colorado Springs on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. A wind storm ripped through El Paso County causing major damages to trees, homes, sidewalks and power lines. City crews and tree companies are working to clean up the aftermath of Wednesday’s hurricane-force winds that topped 100 mph in some areas of El Paso County. Colorado Springs Utilities’ crews are working around the clock to fix power lines and restore power to residents still facing outages in areas. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)

A lineman works to fix Colorado Springs Utilities poles along Nevada Avenue to restore power to residents still with out electricity in Colorado Springs on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. A wind storm ripped through El Paso County causing major damages to trees, homes, sidewalks and power lines. City crews and tree companies are working to clean up the aftermath of Wednesday’s hurricane-force winds that topped 100 mph in some areas of El Paso County. Colorado Springs Utilities’ crews are working around the clock to fix power lines and restore power to residents still facing outages in areas. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)

Crews work to fix Colorado Springs Utilities’ poles along Nevada Avenue to restore power to residents without electricity in Colorado Springs on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. A wind storm ripped through El Paso County causing major damages to trees, homes, sidewalks and power lines. City crews and tree companies are working to clean up the aftermath of Wednesday’s hurricane-force winds that topped 100 mph in some areas of El Paso County. Colorado Springs Utilities’ crews are working around the clock to fix utility lines and restore power to residents still facing outages in areas. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)

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