DENVER — Strong winds Saturday and overnight toppled trees leading to damaged homes and power outages across the Denver metro area.
— NWS Boulder April 7, 2024 Those powerful wind gusts uprooted trees in neighborhoods across the metro, including in Littleton, where a massive tree fell onto a home off Santa Fe Drive and W. Mineral Avenue. No injuries were reported. The extent of the damage is unknown. In Centennial, the windy weather uprooted trees and caused major damage to homes in the 6000 block of S. Elizabeth Way. A toppled tree also damaged vehicles in the area of S. Clarkson Street and E. Easter Way, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office. No injuries were reported.
In total, more than 150,000 customers are without power as of Sunday morning. Although a portion of the outages — 55,000 customers — were planned as part of Xcel Energy’s public safety power shutoffs. Winds also created havoc on the roads. A semi-tractor trailer overturned on the eastbound ramp to C-470 from I-70 Saturday night.