Updated 3 p.m. May 21: Last weekends powerful winds initially only brought down branches, but a large tree near Sproul Hall toppled Monday night (May 18) after the strongest of the winds subsided.
The tree, an ailanthus, was on the north side of the building.
Original article, May 18: Winds gusting an estimated 40 mph Sunday (May 17) brought down branches across campus some nearly three feet in diameter but no full trees.
Tyson Mantor, assistant director of Grounds and Landscape Services in Facilities Management, said branches ranging 232 inches in diameter fell in 19 different places.
Branches damaged a cattle fence near Hopkins Road and some bicycles, Mantor said. An Aggie Alert about falling branches was issued Sunday.
Some 100 high-risk trees have been removed across campus in the last year, which is believed to have kept damage to a minimum, Mantor said. There are approximately 26,000 trees on the Davis campus.
Debris cleanup is expected to be completed by tomorrow.
Katie Hetrick contributed to this report.
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