Tornado warnings were issued across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Officials in Michigan were responding to damage in Kalamazoo County, where a tornado was reported.
Tornadoes ripped through communities in Michigan on Tuesday evening as severe storms battered the Midwest, officials said, bringing more destruction a day after tornadoes in the southern Plains killed at least one person and damaged dozens of homes.
Officials in Kalamazoo County in Southern Michigan said they were responding to a tornado that struck Portage, a city of about 50,000, leaving streets were littered with downed power lines, trees and building debris.
There was destruction throughout the county, including significant damage to a FedEx facility in Portage, according to Andrew Alspach, a spokesman for the Kalamazoo County Office of Emergency Management. FedEx said in a statement that there were no serious injuries at the facility.
Another tornado warning was issued for Kalamazoo County, including Portage, even as emergency workers were responding to damage from the tornado that had hit earlier.
Officials in Kalamazoo County could not be immediately reached on Tuesday evening. Roughly 20,000 customers in the county were without power, according to PowerOutage.us.
As storms moved through the region on Tuesday, the Weather Service issued a string of tornado warnings in cities across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
Tornadoes Monday and Tuesday
Locations of tornado sightings or damage reported by trained spotters.
