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Collinston Power Outages Caused by Weather
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January 29, 2013 - Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blown onto Highway 554 southeast of Bastrop. A few power lines were blown down as well.
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April 26, 2011 - Thunderstorm Wind
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
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- Stay away from the downed power lines, park vehicles in protected areas;
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Collinston, Louisiana
| City | Collinston |
| County | Morehouse |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| Country | United States |
| Zip Codes | 71229 |
There was a swath of damaging winds in this area. There was substantial tree damage in the area from Highway 165 and along and north of Highway 554. Three businesses were damaged with a roof off one and a portable office building blown across the road and destroyed. A vehicle was blown off the road and trees fell on the car. A lady sustain minor injuries. Multiple trees were blown down with some power poles snapped across the south part of the parish. Thirty to thirty-five homes sustained some sort of damage to shingles off the roof to the homes damaged by trees. A pontoon boat and a trailer was also flipped over.