<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/6/1593442032830.jpeg" alt="A city truck dumps debris at the new drop-off site at the old Riverfront Park/Photo by Brent Martin" />
 <figcaption>A city truck dumps debris at the new drop-off site at the old Riverfront Park/Photo by Brent Martin</figcaption>
 </figure>By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostMany St. Joseph residents spent the weekend cleaning up after
storms took down trees, shut off power to thousands, and did heavy damage to
some houses.Clean up continues today.Evergy crews restored power to the thousands who lost
electricity after the early Saturday morning thunderstorms. At one point, as
many as 25,000 customers lost power.Evergy reports 23 outages in the St. Joseph area this morning,
affecting 65 residences.Debris from recent storms has overwhelmed the Bode Sports
Complex, which is no longer accepting debris. The city has opened a new
drop-off site at the old Riverfront Park, located west of downtown off Francis
Street. The drop-off site north of Heritage Park is still open as well.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/6/1593442112531.jpeg" alt="Storm damage at Ashland Cemetery in St. Joseph/Photo by Brent Martin" />
 <figcaption>Storm damage at Ashland Cemetery in St. Joseph/Photo by Brent Martin</figcaption>
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Storm clean up continues; new debris drop-off site opened