MENTOR, Ohio — Cleanup efforts continue in Mentor after storms and an EF-1 tornado Thursday night, leaving about 2,000 customers without power.

Some residents in Mentor were still without power four days after the storms struck. Many had to clean up downed trees and branches around their homes.

Dorthy Masar lives in Mentor and is still dealing with the aftermath.

"I’ve been here for a long time, since 1968, and I don’t think there was anything that’s hit the neighborhood this bad. There was other problems like flooding until they got the reservoirs deepened and the sewers addressed," she said.

The storms forced Masar to stay with her son for days, until her power could be restored.

"It was pretty fierce. Driving down this street, all you wanted to do was get away from it," she said.

Kenneth J. Filipiak is the city manager for Mentor and said some people are still without power.

"I think the biggest obstacle we’re facing right now is trying to get power restored. As of this morning, we had about 1,500 households without power," he said.

He said the city has been working long hours, clearing trees and damage and that effort will continue.

"We will be preforming cleanup activities all throughout this week and as long as necessary, into the subsequent weeks," he said.

The City of Mentor said it will begin storm debris collection efforts on Tuesday. 

Those residents who have experienced storm damage may bring tree limbs no greater than 6 inches in diameter to the curbside to be chipped and removed.

During Thursday night's storms, the National Weather Service confirmed 11 tornadoes struck northern Ohio. The storms left more than 200,000 Ohioans without power across the region, and 7,000 are still without power.