Tornadoes Kill Six in Michigan, Oklahoma

UNION CITY, Mich. — Multiple outlets including AP News, NBC News, CBS News, NPR, and BBC report that tornadoes and severe storms in the U.S. Midwest killed at least six people Friday, with four deaths in southern Michigan (including a 12-year-old boy) and two in eastern Oklahoma. The following points have been confirmed by at least four independent sources.

• At least six people died in Friday’s storms: four in southern Michigan and two in eastern Oklahoma.
• In Branch County’s Union Lake/Union City area, three people were killed and about a dozen were injured.
• Cass County, roughly 50 miles southwest of Union Lake, reported the death of a 12-year-old boy after a possible tornado touched down.
• In Beggs, Oklahoma—about 30 miles south of Tulsa—a tornado destroyed a home and killed two people; two others were hospitalized.
• Michigan and Oklahoma leaders declared states of emergency in affected counties as debris searches and recovery efforts continued.

Additional Details Reported

The National Weather Service said an EF3 tornado with winds of at least 150 mph struck near Union Lake, according to AP News and CBS News.

Officials reported multiple preliminary tornado tracks in eastern Oklahoma and a roughly 4-mile damage path through Okmulgee County, per NPR.

State relief teams and local responders went door-to-door in hard-hit Michigan communities to assess damage and offer supplies, according to AP News.

Forecasters warned that additional severe weather and tornado watches could extend across the nation’s midsection through the weekend, as reported by NBC News.

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