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.
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 in homes or buildings.
There are also reports of possible gas leaks, and Consumers Energy is on sit
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...
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback declared a state of emergency in the wake of a giant tornado, which hit Wichita particularly hard late Saturday night. Miraculously there are no major injuries reported so far.
Nature’s force is at times awe-inspiring, but often downright scary. A woman in West Liberty, Kentucky experienced this first hand when she captured footage of a huge tornado heading towards her direction.