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Several people are dead after tornadoes tore through Oklahoma and Michigan, leveling homes and prompting emergency declarations.
On Monday, March 9, the National Weather Service (NWS) announced another severe thunderstorm warning was placed on Atoka, Oklahoma, Coleman, Oklahoma, and Lane, Oklahoma, until 7:15 a.m. local time, while parts of the state also face 0.5 inches of hail and 30 mph winds.
Authorities in southern Michigan have searched through rubble and debris in the aftermath of suspected tornadoes that killed four people during powerful storms also blamed for two deaths in
Multiple tornadoes raged across Southwest Michigan on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring around a dozen others, according to the Branch County Sheriff's Office. The names of those lost were not immediately released.
However, the cold front will quickly overtake storms, causing them all to merge into a windy squall line. Tornado and hail risk will decrease, though a few spin-up tornadoes are still possible. Instead, widespread 60 to 75 mph wind gusts will accompany the squall.
Construction crews are clearing wreckage in Union City while FEMA teams assess whether Southwest Michigan qualifies for federal disaster aid. Small towns like Union City face tens of thousands in repair costs.
At least six people have been killed after powerful tornadoes and severe thunderstorms swept across parts of the Plains and Midwest in the United Stat.
Dangerous thunderstorms are targeting Minneapolis, as well as other parts of the Upper Midwest Monday, with the potential for large hail and tornadoes ahead of a more expansive multi-day severe weather threat covering over 70 million people from the Big Bend of Texas through the Great Lakes beginning Tuesday.
Meteorologists say the March 6 tornado formed in a five-minute radar gap, making it nearly impossible to warn residents before the deadly storm struck Michigan.