Tornado

At the time of this being published, there are nine confirmed deaths.

Talk about a bunch of super cool pictures and video!

After seeing what's left of this home, it's hard to believe someone that was inside actually survived. As a matter of fact, it was an 86 year old grandmother living in the home that survived after a tornado ripped it to shreds.

In case you were wondering, yes - this is VERY early in the year for a tornado in the mitten.

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids have confirmed that the “mass” clouds was actually a tornado.

These reports are all currently unconfirmed by the National Weather Service.

You may not have realized, but this is National Severe Weather Week in Michigan, and the Michigan State Police want to make sure you have a plan in place.

An amateur storm chaser struck gold in Columbiaville as he caught footage of a tornado touch down in Mid-Michigan.

7:00pm UPDATE: The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down for approximately 10 minutes at roughly 2:30 p.m.
5:15pm UPDATE: Emergency Services have advised us that they are conducting searches with dogs, to make sure the area is clear, and there are no people trapped …

This coming Saturday, volunteers from across Michigan will be converging on Atlas Township to help cleanup yards and homes damaged from last week's tornado.
Many homes, families and businesses were affected by the EF-2 rated tornado that ripped through the township leaving a path of destruction.…