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Docks, Houses Damaged at the Lake of the Ozarks

By Meteorologist Josh deBerge

Residents in Camden County are cleaning up after a powerful storm knocked down trees and powerlines, damaged houses, and tore more than 30 large docks from their moorings. A boat also reportedly sank during the storm, but everyone on board was accounted for.

Denise Russell, director of Camden County Emergency Management said that damage was worst in an area that stretched from Highway F to Highway KK to near the Grand Glaize Bridge, one of the most used areas of the Lake.

Some of the most notable damage occurred near the Lazy Days area, Russells said. Near there on the lake, dozens of docks were either overturned or seperated from their moorings. "They are kind of attached by one cable kind of bumped up against each other," she said. "Some are sitting up against other docks." She said the amount of damage to the boats at those docks was unknown but would likely be substantial.

Camden County was under a severe thunderstorm warning at the time of the storm. Russells said it may have been a tornado, but after a storm survey on Wednesday the National Weather Service determined it was straight line winds in excess of 90 miles per hour that were the cause.

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