Crews were out all night throughout northeast Wisconsin cleaning up damage from Saturday's storms. Aug. 10, 2025. PC: Fox 11 Online
(WTAQ-WLUK) — Crews were out all night throughout northeast Wisconsin cleaning up damage from Saturday’s storms.
Straight line winds bustled their way through, creating a mess for many homeowners.
“I was shocked at the force of that tree going through the front (yard),” Kevin Laeyendecker said.
Laeyendecker was away from his Menasha home during Saturday afternoon’s storms as they swept through.
While he was out, his Ring camera sent a notification to his phone. That something was a tree falling and blowing over to block Laeyendecker’s garage.
But that wasn’t all.
“The roof, shingles were all lifted up, we put down as many as we could, tarped up the rest. The trees had blown into the gutters and the house, busted the siding on the two sides and then hit the garage,” he said.
Laeyendecker said his biggest concern is the damage to the roof. Despite the storm pulling shingles off, he said he hasn’t noticed any water leaking into the house– but overall, considers himself lucky.
“Could have been a lot worse. Yes, I could have been putting a tarp across my whole roof or lost a roof or whatever, but yeah it did take a lot of the shingles across the whole thing,” Laeyendecker said.
Eventually, he said, the whole roof will likely have to be replaced.
Meanwhile, in Waupaca, crews worked fast to start the clean-up process of the storm’s mess, including downed trees, debris, and power lines.
At one point, there were more than 5,000 customers without power.
“That speaks volumes to responders and all the agencies that were involved, to get everyone back online and get them safe again, you know that’s pretty awesome,” Waupaca County Emergency Management director Zac Van Asten said.
One home saw parts of two large trees fall in the driveway. Another yard had this entire evergreen tree uprooted.
Zac Van Asten of Waupaca County Emergency Management said his biggest worry initially was the amount of rainfall and potential flooding.
Other parts of the city are still left with plenty of debris, despite the quick response. Van Asten encouraged everyone to be patient and let the crews do their jobs.
“The big thing is to be cautious when you’re out and about, there’s still trees down, there’s still debris on the roads, you know it’s going to take several days for people to clean those things up,” Van Asten said.
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