Wind causes major damage to Calif. valley

Thursday, March 27th, 2014 Auto

Unyielding wind took the valley by storm. "They’re swaying up there. I didn’t know a palm tree can sway as much as it does," Brent Wicklund said. The wind took some structures down, like the canopy at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Desert.
"It’s just hanging on by two of the posts just flapping against the building now," Lane Hensley of St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church said. "It’s a shade structure that covers our Labyrinth in back and it was a gift from a terrific parishioner to create a gathering place." It’s the second time this happened to the canopy because of the wind. The wind caused damaged all across the valley, also knocking down a street light at the intersection of Vista Chino and Date Palm.

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