Ice Storm

On the morning of April 9, 2013, Sioux Falls weather took a turn for the nasty. The city woke up to a beautiful but terrible post-apocalyptic scene.

Certainly we remember the power outages and downed trees in Sioux Falls on April 9, 2013. Fast forward to April 2018 and we get interesting correlations.

It was early Spring of 2013. We were all on the lookout for falling branches and hoping the flashlights still worked. Ice Storm '13 A.K.A Icepocalypse!

The Sioux Falls community will mobilize this fall to plant hundreds of trees in the area---replacing those lost in the April ice storm. Sara Carothers of the Helpline Center says volunteers are needed for the project. "On October 26th, from 9am to 1pm, volunteers are needed to go out and plant trees at the homes of people who are disabled or who are low income...

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission will host a public forum Tuesday evening in Sioux Falls for regional electric utilities to discuss the impact the three-day ice storm in April had on their organizations.

Traffic at branch drop-off sites has steadily declined, and the storm-related debris is largely cleaned up. As a result, the City of Sioux Falls will return to normal branch disposal operations.

Following the postponement of 30 elections during April's ice storm, the state is putting together a task force to determine what steps to take if the situation comes up again.

Wood waste grinding will soon begin at 1000 East Chambers Street (next to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility). As a result, Sioux Falls will permanently close this public branch drop-off site on Monday, June 24, 2013, at 7 p.m.

Thanks to a number of agencies, Don Kearney, Director of Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation, says all city parks, the bike trail and other recreational areas are open---in the aftermath of the April ice and snow storm. Earlier this week, Sioux Falls city officials announced the "Operation Timber Strike" branch pickup has come to a close...

City officials say wood waste grinding soon will begin at 301 North Lyon Boulevard, so the city will permanently close the public branch drop-off site near the Fairgrounds at 7 p.m.