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The KU Lawrence campus will remain closed today because of safety concerns stemming from damage caused by Sunday’s storm. Events at the Lied Center and the Dole Institute of Politics will be held as scheduled.

Lynn Bretz, KU spokeswoman, said classes would not be held to allow maintenance crews additional time to recover from the severe damage the campus suffered during the storm. Bretz estimated that 60 percent of campus buildings were damaged.

Falling debris from damaged roofs, fallen tree branches and shattered glass on sidewalks posed a great enough risk to keep all non-emergency employees off campus, Bretz said. Campus roads will remain closed to vehicular traffic and on-campus pedestrian traffic is discouraged. The KU on Wheels bus system will not be running.

Roofs sustained the most damage on campus. The storm knocked out power on campus shortly after 8 a.m. Jim Scribner, Facilities Operations assistant director, said the department began slowly returning power to buildings on the main campus after all Facilities Operations employees were called to work this morning.

The department started with research buildings, museums and libraries and first restored power slightly after 1 p.m. Vince Avila, associate director for maintenance for student housing, said the Daisy Hill residence halls, Stouffer Place and Oliver Hall had power when he reported to work at 11 a.m.

Numerous glass windows were blown out on campus, with the most window damage occurring in residence halls and the west end of Jayhawk Boulevard.

Rhynn Malloy, Holden, Mass., freshman, woke up Sunday morning in her Naismith Hall dorm room to what she called “crazy-loud wind.”

Malloy had no idea of what could be going on, but woke up her roommate anyway. As the wind grew louder, the window began to rattle before eventually cracking. The pieces of shattered glass fell into Malloy’s room as her roommate sprinted out.

Avila said maintenance workers were able to secure all of the broken windows in University residence halls, but not all were fully repaired on Sunday.

Cars parked in residence hall parking lots sustained damage ranging from cracked windows to being smashed by trees and a fresh air unit dropped from the Templin Hall roof.

Kristen Kearney, McPherson sophomore, joined other Daisy Hill residents later Sunday morning in taking pictures of vehicle damage and exchanging their stories from the storm. She lost the back windshield of her car, parked near Templin Hall. With no large trees nearby, Kearney is not sure what caused the damage.

Bretz said the only injury was an unidentified male who suffered minor head injuries. He sought treatment off campus and has been released.

Nicole Kelley contributed to this article.

Edited by Hayley Travis