After Tuesday’s storm, the Sacramento State campus was covered in leaves and debris. But how bad was the storm really?

Ron Richardson, associate vice president of Facilities Services, said 12 whole trees are down and too many branches to count will need picking up.

The department worked to prevent further damage and managed to keep it to a minimum using sandbags and other methods, Richardson said. However, there is still lots of work to be done.

“We got through the storm pretty good,” Richardson said. “Now we are in cleanup mode.”

Facilities employees worked an extra three hours on Tuesday to help with damage control and will spend the next four days working to clean up campus.

In addition, Richardson said an arborist is coming to Sac State to remove felled trees and look for future problem areas.

Even though many branches and trees fell, damage to property seemed low.

Police said a tree branch fell on a van, but the owner considered the damage minor and did not file a complaint.

Power on campus was also out Tuesday from approximately 3:30 to 4 p.m. Power failed again around 9:30 p.m.

For some students, this interrupted their workday.

Joel Cuevas, sophomore speech pathology major, works for the University Union and was working at the Terminal Lounge at the time of the first outage.

“Everyone was surprised,” Cuevas said. “But there was no initial reaction until the fire alarm went off.”

The alarm turned off soon after and students were not required to evacuate the building.

During Tuesday’s rain, many buildings around campus experienced leaks including the library, the annex of Solano Hall and Riverside Hall.

Richardson said janitorial staff spent Tuesday night mopping up water and total clean-up, including the arborist and overtime pay, will total about $3,000.

For now, however, he said Facilities’ primary focus is to repair and prevent injuries and damage.

“The main thing is to make sure the campus is safe,” Richardson said.