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SEE IT: Trees Crash Into Cars, Streets In Central Queens
Trees came crashing down across the city during thunderstorms, high winds, and lightning this week. Many of them fell in central Queens.

KEW GARDENS, QUEENS — Trees came crashing down across Queens on Tuesday evening amid strong thunderstorms and high winds, and many of them collapsed on cars and streets in central Queens.
While no injuries were reported in Queens after the storm, cleanup is expected to take several days, with widespread reports of live wires and power outages across the borough.
Patch rounded up images and videos of the tree damage below.
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In Briarwood, videos show that a giant tree was uprooted from the concrete and fell across the road.
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Another massive tree fell down in Kew Gardens after it was struck by lightning, according to one meteorologist's account.
Our @johndavittontv says lightning struck this massive old tree in Kew Gardens last night. It’s still blocking the roadway here on Austin Street. We’ll have more on the storm cleanup on @NY1 pic.twitter.com/hKX36Ob9qv
— Clodagh McGowan (@clodaghny1) July 7, 2021
Police reported that a large tree fell on a car parked on Grand Central Parkway near the border of Kew Gardens Hills.
Farther southeast in Hollis police reported that a tree fell on a house, temporarily trapping a woman indoors. Also, around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, so many trees had fallen on Francis Lewis Boulevard near Bayside that the police shut down the road from Peck Avenue to Horace Harding Expressway.
While this storm is the latest bout of thunder to hit the city this week, it's not the area's last: Tropical Storm Elsa's path could bring wind and rain to the tri-state area between 2 a.m. and 2 p.m. this Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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