Around Columbus
May 25
2011
A Bartholomew County Highway Department dump truck pulled down power lines and tipped onto its side after dropping a load of storm debris at the city garage. The driver was uninjured.
1996
A 40-foot tree limb fell on a circuit carrying 12,470 volts of electricity leaving the downtown Columbus area without power.
1971
What was described by the U.S. Weather Bureau as a tornado skipped across Bartholomew County and through Columbus during a thunderstorm leaving behind the worst damage since a hail storm in 1963.
