ASHLAND, Ohio -- Severe summer storms caused damage and evacuations Monday night. The wicked weather ripped across northeast Ohio with strong winds and heavy rains, causing some damage, NewsChannel5 reported. Now it will be up to the National Weather Service to figure out exactly what happened. In Plain Township in Stark County, the storm toppled old trees in Jerry Dauer's yard. "It was a high wind and then it stopped and there was kind of silence and then boom, everything fell," Dauer said.
Aneva Bolen watched from in front of her picture window. She made a quick run for it when she knew it looked bad. "Ten seconds later it was all over and all of my trees were gone," Bolen said. Seven of her 60-foot pine trees were toppled by the winds. While her home wasn't hit, her neighbors' garages were. Two buildings with cinderblock walls and wooden roofs were smashed by the storms. "Both of the roofs are dropped in the same manner, which would tell me we had a microburst drop down right there and do the damage," Power of 5 meteorologist Mark Johnson said. "Just because it wasn't a tornado doesn't diminish the speed of these winds at probably 60 to 80 mph." About 10 inches of rain fell in Ashland County, causing flash flooding and making roads impassable, NewsChannel5 reported. In Loudonville, emergency workers had to evacuate more than 150 people from a campground after the Mohican River swelled quickly. Shelters were set up for canoers and campers at Mohican State Park and other nearby campgrounds. Officials at nearby Malabar Farm State Park reported that the severe weather damaged several buildings and destroyed the roof of their library. Cleanup crews will be trying to work on the mess before more storms hit. Rain remains in the forecast and a flash flood watch is in effect until 2 p.m.
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