Downed tree branches lay next to Showers Inn on June 26, 2024, on N. Washington Street. The National Weather Service reported that straight-line winds damaged homes. Roots sit torn up from the ground, pulling bricks up from a sidewalk June 26, 2024, across from Maxwell Hall. The Monroe County Board of Commissioners declared a local disaster emergency at 8 p.m. Tuesday after severe storms caused damage and power outages. An IU facility operations worker holds a chainsaw next to a tree June 26, 2024, near Dunn's Woods. The storm caused multiple trees around Bloomington and IU campus to fall and traffic lights to be out. A fallen tree blocks a sidewalk through campus June 26, 2024, behind the Musical Arts Center. No significant injuries have been reported and only a "handful" of residents reported their homes being uninhabitable from the storm damage. Around 10 tents in the pro-Palestine encampment sit in Dunn Meadow on June 26, 2024. Before Tuesday's severe storms, around 30 tents sat in the meadow. Part of a split tree blocks a sidewalk and the sign of the Bill Garrett Fieldhouse on June 26, 2024, on Seventh Street in Bloomington. Clean up crews were out Wednesday on campus and around Bloomington clearing debris from Tuesday's storm. Branches lay over sidewalks June 26, 2024, a couple blocks from Kirkwood Avenue. Over 40,000 people lost power in Monroe County due to the storm, with the majority of the outages being fixed by Friday.
PHOTOS: Aftermath of Tuesday's storm affects campus, city
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