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The tornado moved into Ontario briefly before lifting, causing 2 deaths and $60,000 (1896 USD) in damages. [3] An extremely violent F5 tornado touched down near Holly, destroying hundreds of homes and killing 47 people. [4] It is the second-deadliest tornado in Michigan history. [5]
This was the deadliest tornado in Michigan history and the 10th deadliest in United States history. [5] Most of the casualties and damage occurred in the unincorporated community of Beecher. The tornado was one of eight tornadoes that touched down the same day in eastern lower Michigan and northwest Ohio. [4]
The Michigan tornado outbreak of July 2 was part of a larger outbreak stemming from a storm system that crossed the eastern part of North America from July 1 to July 3, 1997. On July 1, several tornadoes touched down across western and northern Minnesota north of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
A deadly outbreak, including the deadliest and longest-tracked tornado in U.S. history–the Tri-State tornado, a massive F5 tornado that traveled 219 mi (352 km) across the three states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. Third-costliest U.S. tornado ever.
A tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) at 3:38 p.m. local time for Antrim and Otsego counties in Michigan, which included the city of Gaylord.
After tornadoes ripped through a west Michigan community Tuesday evening, residents and workers got to work cleaning debris and repairing damage.
From April 2–3, 1956, a large, deadly tornado outbreak affected the Great Plains, parts of the South, and the upper Midwest in the contiguous United States, especially the Great Lakes region. The outbreak produced at least 55 tornadoes, including an F5 that devastated the Grand Rapids metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan on April 3.
For the first time in state history, a tornado emergency was issued as at least two tornadoes, perhaps more, touched down in Michigan starting at about 6 p.m.: one — maybe two — in Portage ...