130 years ago this week, an F5 tornado left not a single building standing in now-lost Michigan town, killing 47

A destructive tornado struck part of Southeast Michigan 130 years ago this week, the Oakland County Emergency Management ...
ClickOnDetroit

Why the Flint-Beecher tornado of 1953 remains Michigan’s worst natural disaster

On June 8, 1953, the Flint-Beecher tornado struck the north side of Flint and the suburb of Beecher, marking Michigan's ...
WKOW

Monday marks 42 years since F5 tornado hit Barneveld

Monday, June 8 marked 42 years since a powerful F5 tornado hit Barneveld in the middle of the night with no warning.
WOOD-TV

West Michigan’s only F5 tornado impacts then and now

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Fortunately, tornadoes are rare in Michigan. Rarer yet are the strong to devastating ones that exceed EF3. Of those that do happen, more than 90% are EF1 or EF0, the ...
MLive

‘A loud, prolonged roar’: Michiganders recall deadly F5 tornado 70 years later

Seven-year-old Eileen Herrmann’s entire world changed on April 3, 1956. With the 70th anniversary of the worst natural disaster in West Michigan just a day away, Herrmann’s memories of that spring day ...
KTHV

Spiro woman shares F5 tornado survival story 50 years later

SPIRO, Okla. — It's been called the 'Forgotten Tornado.' Many in the Spiro community, however, have vivid memories of that March 26th afternoon. “My dad called, and I knew the sky was getting dark, ...