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More Damage Seen in Morris Park following Storm Isaias

Morris Park residents of the Bronx walk past a fallen tree that damaged a fence at Loreto Playground on Aug. 4, the day after Storm Isaias blew through the borough.
Photo by David Greene

Additional damage from Storm Isaias was evident in the Morris Park section of the Bronx as these photos dated Aug. 5 show. Our full story, published yesterday, on Storm Isaias can be read here.

 

Check out our Facebook page for additional videos posted today of both the damage and the clean-up efforts in Williamsbridge Oval Park.

 

A fallen tree from inside Loreto Playground in the Morris Park area of the Bronx is seen lying on the sidewalk of Haight Avenue on Aug. 5, a day after Storm Isaias blew through the borough.  
Photo by David Greene

As of Aug. 6 at 5.14 p.m., there were 14,494 households still without power in the Bronx. The estimated time for restoration of service, according to Con Ed, is Sunday, Aug. 9 by 11 p.m.

 

Morris Park residents of the Bronx walk past a fallen tree that damaged a fence at Loreto Playground on Aug. 4, the day after Storm Isaias blew through the borough.

 

Several downed tree limbs shut down Hone Avenue in the Morris Park section of the Bronx on Aug. 5, following the passage of Storm Isaias.
Photo by David Greene

A fallen tree from inside Loreto Playground in the Morris Park area of the Bronx was seen lying on the sidewalk of Haight Avenue on Aug. 5, a day after Storm Isaias blew through the borough.

 

A fallen tree damaged a vehicle on Hone Avenue in the Morris Park section of the Bronx on Aug. 5, after Storm Isaias passed through the borough. The street was subsequently shut down.

Fallen trees shut down a section of Lurting Avenue in the Morris Park section of the Bronx on Aug. 5, following Storm Isaias.
Photo by David Greene

Several downed tree limbs shut down Hone Avenue in the Morris Park section of the Bronx on Aug. 5, following the passage of Storm Isaias.

 

Fallen trees shut down a section of Lurting Avenue in the Morris Park section of the Bronx on Aug. 5, following Storm Isaias.

A fallen tree covers the front of a home on Sacket Avenue in the Morris Park section of the Bronx on Aug. 5, following Storm Isaias.
Photo by David Greene

A fallen tree covered the front of a home on Sacket Avenue in the Morris Park section of the Bronx on Aug. 5, following Storm Isaias.

 

A large fallen tree is seen along Bronx Park East in the Allerton section of the Bronx on Aug. 5, following Storm Isaias. It caused damage to several cars and a fence.
Photo by David Greene

A large fallen tree is seen along Bronx Park East in the Allerton section of the Bronx on Aug. 5, following Storm Isaias. It caused damage to several cars and a fence.

 

Three women wait at least five hours for Parks’ Department officials to remove a tree from the top of a vehicle parked along Bronx Park East in the Bronx on Wednesday, Aug. 5, following Storm Isaias.
Photo by David Greene

Three women wait at least five hours for Parks’ Department officials to remove a tree from the top of a vehicle parked along Bronx Park East in the Bronx on Wednesday, Aug. 5, following Storm Isaias.

 

A parked vehicle seen on Aug. 5 along Bronx Park East in the Bronx, incurs heavy damage from a fallen tree following Tropical Storm Isaias.
Photo by David Greene

A parked vehicle seen on Aug. 5 along Bronx Park East incurs heavy damage from a fallen tree following Tropical Storm Isaias.

 

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