LENOX, Mass. — The compost site at wastewater treatment plant on Crystal Street will open on Saturday from 9 to noon for the disposal of any debris from the on July 12 storm. 

 

The Department of Public Works is closing Reservoir Road intermittently this week for tree work.

 

The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., said straight-line winds of up to 85 mph blew a path nearly a mile wide and 2 miles long and killed a New Hampshire man.

 

A series of large thunderstorms storms were moving through the Northeast, bringing high winds, rain and hail to some areas. 

 

The severe winds blew through the town about 5 p.m. on July 12, the same day a microburst snapped trees and utility poles in Fort Miller, N.Y.; a day later, an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 90 mph touched down in Kingston, N.Y., causing widespread damage.

 

Damage in Lenox was reportedly sporadic, ranging from broken tree limbs to large trees being uprooted. Roads were blocked, some trees came down on houses and cars, there were power outages and other damage. 

 

Darrin Cawthron, 56, of Derry, N.H., was driving south on Fox Hollow Road when a tree came down on his pickup. He was pronounced dead at the scene.