Several tornadoes swept through Michigan: 5 people died

At least two tornadoes touched down in Michigan as a result of a severe storm driven by winds up to 75 miles (120 km) per hour, which knocked down trees, ripped off the roofs of buildings and killed five people. Hurricanes left hundreds of thousands of customers without power, officials said. The edition told in more detail CBS News.

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National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-1 tornado with winds of 90 miles (145 km) per hour moved from Ingham County to the western edge of neighboring Livingston County on August 24 in the evening.

After entering Livingston County, the tornado remained on the ground for about a mile (1,6 km) or less before "weakening and rising," said Dave Gurney, a meteorologist with the Weather Service's office in White Lake, Oakland County.

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Another tornado was confirmed to have touched west of Belleville, according to the National Weather Service. It hit near Wagner Homestead Farm and knocked down many trees in its path. The tornado traveled about three miles (4,8 km) before dissipating, the National Weather Service said.

In western Michigan, the Kent County Sheriff's Office said a 21-year-old woman and two girls, aged 1 and 3, died on the evening of August 24 after two vehicles collided head-on during rain.

“Two cars drove towards each other. One fell into the water with four people inside,” said Sergeant Eric Brunner.

The sheriff's office said a 22-year-old man who was driving a car with a woman and two girls in it was seriously injured. The driver of the other car suffered minor injuries.

In Lansing, the state capital, one person died when a tree fell on a house. Lansing Police Department spokesman Jordan Gulkis said firefighters removed one person from the home, who was pronounced dead at the hospital.

In neighboring Ingham County, which was issued a tornado warning, the sheriff's office said one person was killed and several people were seriously injured as more than 25 vehicles were severely damaged on Highway 96.

Trees uprooted, some roofs collapsed. Many roads are closed due to collapsed trees and power lines.

The weather service office in Grand Rapids, west Michigan, said officials were on the scene to assess tornado damage in Kent County.

About 460 customers in Michigan and nearly 000 in Ohio were without power as of 193 p.m. Aug. 000.

Mukitu Berry was at his ranch home around 21:30 pm on August 24 when a large section of a neighbor's tree trunk collapsed with the sound of a "passing train".

The tree fell in front of Berry's driveway and yard, downing power lines. The wires ended up in the driveway and on the car. Berry and his neighbors were left without electricity.

“I can’t get out of my driveway. I can’t go anywhere,” Berry said. “We don’t have power, and it’s very frustrating.”

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans declared a state of emergency in Michigan's largest county, which includes Detroit, due to power outages, flooding, fallen trees and power lines, and debris from the hurricane.

The county has warned residents to avoid any contact with several rivers after flooding forced municipalities to dump some or all of raw sewage into various waterways.

In Macomb County, northeast of Detroit, several thousand basements in Eastpoint and St. Clair Shores escaped flooding when stormwater and sewage were dumped into Lake St. Clair through an emergency bypass system, Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller said. The bypass has only been used three times since 2017, but twice this week.

“These storms are probably our new normal,” Miller said. — It was like a tropical storm. It will therefore be necessary for both the government and residents to make appropriate preparations where possible.”

Canton Township, a town of about 100 people west of Detroit, has been hit by flooding this week, especially downtown. Then the August 000 storms produced what is believed to be "if not a tornado, then at least two strong wind shears," said borough leader Ann Marie Graham-Hudak.

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“Some of our parks are destroyed,” she noted, adding that 200 residents have received calls about their basements flooding.

Part of the roof collapsed and was torn off an adult shelter near Williamston in Ingham County.

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A storm on August 24 evening followed heavy rain on August 23, which sent over 24 inches (5 cm) of rain to areas in southeast Michigan by the morning of August 12,7, flooding streets in the Detroit area, including tunnels leading to to the airport. Officials reopened the McNamara airport terminal on August 24 afternoon, and a severe storm hit the western part of the state in the afternoon.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer activated the State Emergency Center Thursday night to provide support to affected communities.

In recent weeks, parts of the western United States have been flooded with rain caused by Tropical Storm Hilary, and much of the central United States has suffered from deadly sweltering heat. In Hawaii and Washington, emergency response teams battled catastrophic wildfires.

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