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In West Michigan, multiple tornadoes touched down in Kalamazoo County, near Portage, as well as one in Calhoun County. In southeast Michigan, a tornado watch is active in Lenawee, Monroe and ...
"The FedEx building in Portage sustained significant damage and is still an active scene," she said. A tornado destroyed entire residences at Pavilion Estates Mobile Home Park in Kalamazoo County ...
In a Tuesday night news conference, Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller said a tornado tore through the county, sweeping across the area from Texas Township, through Portage and into Pavilion ...
[21] [22] That afternoon, a strong, high-end EF2 tornado caused severe damage in Portage, Michigan. Later, another tornado prompted the issuance of a tornado emergency for Union City and Sherwood, the first tornado emergency ever issued in the state of Michigan. Other tornadoes were reported across Michigan along with Ohio, West Virginia ...
The Kalamazoo Tornado of 1980 struck downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Tuesday, May 13, 1980. The tornado, which touched down at 4:09 pm, was rated F3 on the Fujita scale. The tornado killed 5 people and injured 79. Damage was estimated at $50,000,000, which included $1,800,000 in vehicle damage. [1] [2]
Some metro Detroit communities woke up to property damage from Tuesday night's severe thunderstorms, the same storms that earlier spun up several tornadoes in West Michigan and prompted a state of ...
1939 – A significant tornado outbreak hit Michigan. An F4 tornado moved through Kalamazoo, killing two people, and destroyed 25 homes in Comstock. Seventy-five people were injured. A strong F3 tornado injured six people in Kent City. Two F2 tornadoes injured a total of eight people near Midland and along a lake near Lapeer
Several tornadoes hit Michigan on Tuesday, with one twister pummeling a mobile home park in the southern part of the state, leaving a dozen people hurt and rescuers looking for more possible victims.