The Cayuga County Office Building is closed Wednesday due to wind damage, according to Cayuga County Legislature Chair Aileen McNabb-Coleman.Ìý
The building's roof was damaged in the storm, with debris falling to the ground and some hanging over the side of the building. The driveway from Genesee Street to the lower parking lot behind the building is roped off due to the debris.Ìý
McNabb-Coleman said there will be a building-wide assessment to determine if there is additional damage. She thanked Gary Duckett, the county's superintendent of buildings and grounds, and his team for working through the night.Ìý
There will be an update on the building's status later today, McNabb-Coleman added. Two county Legislature committee meetings that were scheduled for Wednesday have been canceled.Ìý
The wind storm caused damage in the Auburn area and left thousands without power.Ìý
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Auburn firefighters move a ladder truck basket into position to a second floor window to rescue a mother and her two young daughters who were trapped after a tree fell onto their house during a wind storm in Auburn.
An Auburn firefighter clears debris before a rescuing a mother and her two young children from the second floor of their house after a tree fell onto it during a wind storm in Auburn.
An Auburn firefighter rescues Melanie Artese, 2, from a second-story window after she, her mother and her sister were trapped when a tree fell onto their house during a wind storm in Auburn.
A terrified Melanie Artese, 2, is safe in the arms of an Auburn firefighter after being rescued from a second-story window. She, her mother and her sister were trapped when a tree fell onto their house during a wind storm.
Lauren Brewster watches as Auburn firefighters rescue her two daughters from a second-story window of their apartment after a tree fell onto the house during a wind storm in Auburn.
A terrified Melanie Artese, 2, is safe in the arms of an Auburn firefighter after being rescued from a second-story window. She, her mother and her sister were trapped when a tree fell onto their house during a wind storm.
Melanie Artese, 2, is safe in the arms of an Auburn firefighter after being rescued from a second-story window. She, her mother and her sister were trapped when a tree fell onto their house during a wind storm.
Melanie Artese, 2, top, and her sister, Alaina, 4, are safe in the arms of Auburn firefighters after being rescued from a second-story window. They and their mother were trapped when a tree fell onto their house during a wind storm.
Alaina Artese, 4, is safe in the arms of an Auburn firefighter after being rescued from a second-story window. She, her mother and her sister were trapped when a tree fell onto their house during a wind storm.
Melanie Artese, 2, is safe in the arms of an Auburn firefighter after being rescued from a second-story window. She, her mother and her sister were trapped when a tree fell onto their house during a wind storm.
Melanie Artese, 2, is safe in the arms of an Auburn firefighter after being rescued from a second-story window. She, her mother and her sister were trapped when a tree fell onto their house during a wind storm.
Lauren Brewster is safe after Auburn firefighters rescued her and her two young daughters from a second-story window of their house, where a tree fell during a wind storm Tuesday night.
Lauren Brewster, right, is hugged by her sister, Lindsay Minker, after Brewster and her two young daughters were rescued from a second-story window of their apartment. A tree fell onto their house during a wind storm in Auburn.
A NYSEG worker surveys a downed tree and wires on Lake Avenue during a wind storm that caused widespread power outages in Auburn and Cayuga County.
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