(8 May 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Kalamazoo County, Michigan
1. Wide of cleanup at Pavilion Estates
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheriff Richard Fuller, Kalamazoo County:
"We’re looking at homes throughout this community that are totally gone. They’ve been demolished. We know people were in some of those homes. We’ve found homes on their side and upside down."
3. People cleaning up around a damaged home
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheriff Richard Fuller, Kalamazoo County:
"There are several homes beyond the five that we’re standing amongst that have been totally destroyed. What I can tell you about injuries is that, right now, we’re confirming that 16 number of people that were injured and taken to the hospital. Their injuries were all minor enough that it looks like everyone’s going to be out of the hospital today."
5. Still photo of damaged home and vehicle
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheriff Richard Fuller, Kalamazoo County:
"A tornado went through, and then about 45 minutes later, another tornado, almost on the direct same path was coming through. So as emergency responders and citizens were standing in these streets trying to help one another, we were alerted a second tornado was coming in."
7. Mid of damaged home
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, (D) Michigan:
"People just started showing up. As soon as the tornado was gone, people whose homes were intact came out to help those whose weren’t. And that started within minutes."
9. Wide of cleanup
STORYLINE:
Three tornadoes have been confirmed in Michigan as severe storms barreled through the central U.S.,
National Weather Service meteorologist Nathan Jeruzal says Wednesday that the tornadoes in Michigan touched down one each in Kalamazoo, Cass and Branch counties — all in the southwestern part of the state.
Kalamazoo County’s Portage area was hard hit, and more than a dozen mobile homes destroyed.
Tornadoes were first reported after dark Tuesday in parts of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, while portions of Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri were also under a tornado watch.
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