Four people were killed Friday in southern Michigan as powerful storms that produced at least one tornado reduced homes to rubble, sent parts of roofs flying into the air and left a trail of debris hanging from power lines. Reporter Bernie Bennett has the story. VERBATIM: In the Union Lake area, three people were killed […]
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TORNADO-MICHIGAN
Four people were killed Friday in southern Michigan as powerful storms that produced at least one tornado reduced homes to rubble, sent parts of roofs flying into the air and left a trail of debris hanging from power lines. Reporter Bernie Bennett has the story.
VERBATIM:
In the Union Lake area, three people were killed and 12 injured after an apparent tornado hit, according to the Branch County Sheriff’s Office. About 50 miles southwest, Cass County officials reported one death and several injuries after a tornado touched down.
According to the National Weather Service, at least one tornado has been confirmed near Union City, and there were reports of possible others.
David Roth, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said the state had the right conditions for a tornado because of a weather system that pulled moisture out of the Gulf of Mexico and a warm front that moved north.
Bernie Bennett reporting.