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Mayor: May storm produced tens of thousands of tons of debris and damaged more than 1,000 structures; cleanup spanned months
Summary
In his State of the City address the mayor detailed the May storm response: sanitation crews collected over 16,000 tons of debris and contractors collected about 12,000 tons, the mayor said; emergency management recorded significant structural damage and parks lost hundreds of trees. The mayor praised city staff and contractors for cleanup work.
The mayor described the May storm that struck Garland as producing the largest debris and power-outage response the city has seen. He told attendees that sanitation crews collected over 16,000 tons of debris and contractor crews collected an additional 12,000 tons; he said the city landfill accepted more than 32 tons (as stated in the address).
The mayor said the storm caused widespread…
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