Tornadoes confirmed in Michigan following Tuesday night's storms, NWS says
Nine tornadoes have been confirmed so far from the Tuesday night / early Wednesday severe weather outbreak in Michigan.
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Nine tornadoes have been confirmed so far from the Tuesday night / early Wednesday severe weather outbreak in Michigan.
A tornado has been confirmed in Branch County, adding to those already reported from the April 14-15 severe weather outbreak.
Residents along the Muskegon River near Croton Dam in West Michigan have been ordered by local officials to evacuate.
Water levels have hit their highest level yet at the Cheboygan Lock and Dam Complex in Northern Lower Michigan.
Following a tumultuous week of heavy rain and overnight severe weather, a flood watch remains in effect for all of Metro Detroit through late Thursday.
Hamtramck police say it only took them 30 minutes to find a kidnapping suspect and rescue the teen who was with him on Monday. Charges have now been filed in the case.
"I didn't think it would get this bad," Jillian Lors of Cheboygan County said about the high water that damaged her home.
A Washington state man who was on the run for more than a decade was sentenced to prison in a 2013 criminal sexual conduct case in Michigan.
Early Wednesday morning, residents in Monroe County received countless alerts of a tornado warning urging them to seek shelter. Minutes later, another notification was sent with the all clear.
Four firefighters filed a federal lawsuit against Grand Blanc Township on Monday, alleging that they were punished for speaking out against an attempt to fire their fire chief after the 2025 attack at the Church of Latter-day Saints.
This is the second state of emergency that Whitmer has declared in the last week.
Metro Detroit's forecast includes damaging wind gusts, heavy rain and a chance of a tornado on Wednesday.
Terrance Friday from CBS News Detroit has been talking to residents of Cheboygan County, Michigan, as flooding worsens in that part of the state. "I didn't think it would get this bad," one resident said as she tried to salvage items from her home.
A lightning strike on Monday damaged critical equipment on the Little Manistee River Weir, the Michigan DNR said.
A flood watch has been issued for all of Southeast Michigan, to be in effect from 8 p.m. Tuesday through late Thursday night.
Michigan is updating how it communicates air quality risks to residents this year after Canadian wildfires brought poor air quality to Detroit in 2023 and 2025.
The Wayne County community of Romulus was among those affected by power outages in the aftermath of severe weather late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center placed all of Southeast Michigan into the "enhanced risk" (level 3/5) for severe weather on Tuesday.
A Venezuelan man, who federal officials say has ties to the Tren de Aragua gang, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank larceny in Michigan, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
A severe weather threat with high winds, hail and the possibility of tornadoes exists for Tuesday in Southeast Michigan.
A mother of an 11-year-old girl from Walled Lake, Michigan, is sick to her stomach, saying her daughter has seen a drone flying outside her bedroom window for the last three years.
The center was initially activated on Friday after heavy rain in Cheboygan caused water levels to rise along the river and the Cheboygan Lock and Dam Complex.
Officials say the evacuation of low areas is unrelated to the Cheboygan Dam and Lock, which is being monitored due to rising water levels.
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