CRANBERRY TWP — Residents are in cleanup mode from Saturday's tornado.

The tornado ripped through the area with wind speeds up to 70 mph, uprooting trees, snapping off branches and downing electrical lines.

Leaves, branches and trees are scattered throughout neighborhoods.

Ernie Kuhs, whose house on Rowan Road was damaged after the tornado uprooted trees in his yard, said he's going to get rid of the trees “by any means possible.”

He plans on having a tree removal service take out the trees.

He also plans on putting his house up for sale after the fallen trees are removed and his roof is fixed. The roof had damage measuring about 16 by 20 feet.

Along with that, a wire supplying power to Kuhs' garage was torn down when a tree fell on it. Kuhs will have that wire restrung.

Just beside Kuhs' property, a line of fallen trees is being removed by employees of Croft Farm. The trees fell right beside the farm's driveway.

Employee Randy Davison said they plan on dragging the fallen trees into a wooded area to create a giant brush pile.

“We just want to get this area cleaned up and open up the driveway,” Davison said.

Some people have cut up fallen trees with chain saws to stack for firewood.

Township Public Works Director Jason Dailey said the township is offering help.

“What we've been doing is going out and meeting with residents we see cleaning up,” Dailey said. “What I'm finding is a lot of residents have already contacted tree removal specialists or insurance companies and they're waiting for them to come out and inspect their properties.”

Dailey said people should call the township office and officials will try to help with cleanup.

Under normal circumstances, a downed tree on private property would be the property owner's responsibility. However, if a tree falls on a public road, it's the township's responsibility to remove it.

“If there's a way we can help them, we're certainly offering to do that,” Dailey said.

According to the National Weather Service, the tornado was an EF 0 — the lowest grade twister — and had winds of 60 mph to 70 mph.

The tornado first reportedly touched down in the Chaparral Drive area and moved north with a maximum width of no more than 300 yards. It traveled about 1.5 miles and dissipated in the area of North Boundary Park Drive.

Township officials said the tornado mainly affected these streets: Rowan Road, Hope Road, Peters Road, Goehring Road, Franklin Road, Fairview Drive, Chaparral Drive and Gable Road.

The tornado is the second significant storm to hit Cranberry in a year.

On June 24, 2014, strong winds toppled nine utility poles along Route 228.

The downed power lines caused officials to shut down Route 228 in both directions from its intersection with Route 19 down to Cranberry Woods Drive. The road closure affected several businesses in the office park there, including Westinghouse Electric's headquarters. There were also street lights that were downed in the storm.

Route 228 was closed for a few days while crews installed new poles.