Tornado Touches Down In Portland, Michigan; Goodwill Store 'Torn Apart'
A Goodwill store lost its roof and other buildings were damaged when a funnel cloud touched down in Portland, Michigan.
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A Goodwill store lost its roof and other buildings were damaged when a funnel cloud touched down in Portland, Michigan.
The National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down earlier this week as severe thunderstorms storms moved across Michigan.
Friday is another day of weather watching in southeastern Michigan as severe storms are possible throughout the evening, with a chance of tornadoes.
State police and emergency management officials are encouraging businesses, organizations, schools, families and individuals to participate.
A giant blue tarp now covers the damaged roof on one home on Grandview Street. Windows throughout the damaged homes remain boarded up ...
A team from the national weather service has confirmed that a pre-dawn tornado was responsible for damage in one Oakland County neighborhood.
The National Weather Service has now confirmed two more tornado touchdowns in northern Michigan — bringing the Labor Day total to four.
"It sounded like a turbo or something — I'd never heard this thing in my life,"
Forecaster Brian Meade said Monday that the tornado was high in the weather service's EF-1 range.
The tornado was on the ground about 2 minutes with maximum winds of 100 mph.
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The National Weather Service says it's confirmed the touchdown of a small tornado in southeastern Michigan.
Records show that sirens weren't activated to notify some Flint-area residents of a tornado earlier this week until after it already was on the ground.
The National Weather Service says severe thunderstorms that pushed across southeastern Michigan produced several tornadoes, downed trees and power lines, and damaged homes and businesses.
A ceremony is planned next weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of a tornado that hit the Flint area, leaving 116 people dead, and efforts are taking place to build a new memorial to the victims.
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"It was like nothing I had seen ... It really didn't look like a neighborhood at all," said one local Red Cross volunteer.
"We've already been contacted by some schools and hospitals to began working on those sites immediately," said Sheldon Yellon, of Belfor Property Restoration in Birmingham.
A Lincoln Park woman got a first-hand look at that Oklahoma tornado and the damage it left behind.
During the next few days, Red Cross workers on the ground in the disaster areas will be assessing the damage, deciding where and what kind of additional support is necessary, and determining the needs of the affected communities.
It was just a year ago that Dexter experienced a tornado and emergency officials had to get the word out and deal with the extensive damage.
The new twister is just one of several created by a storm system that swept through the nation's midsection Sunday and into Monday.
"There are a lot of kids in this building who were impacted by the tornado, a lot of adults in this building who were impacted by the tornado ... it makes us take it more seriously and makes us reflect on last year," said Jamie Bronson.
Events will mark the anniversary of a tornado that touched down last year in the Dexter area, northwest of Ann Arbor, as efforts to improve storm safety continue.
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Adam Fantilli tied it with 1:31 left in the regulation with his second goal of the game, Kirill Marchenko had the shootout winner and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-5 on Thursday night.
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