Storm video at Milford Farmer's Market goes viral, prompts community support

Last week's storm wreaked havoc for small business owners at the Milford Farmers' Market, with many vendors losing most of their inventory.

Summer 2026 among warmest on record for Southeast Michigan, NWS says

Summer 2026 in southeast Michigan was one of the warmest on record, according to the National Weather Service. Detroit's average daily temperature from June 1 through Aug. 31 was 73.4 degrees, the agency's southeast Michigan climate summary for summer 2026 said. Flint's average was 70.5 degrees, and Saginaw's was 70.6 degrees. Motown's average daily temperature in 2026 was 1.3 degrees warmer than normal; Flint's was 1.5 degrees higher than normal, and Saginaw's was 0.8 degrees hotter than normal, according to the summary. The increase in Detroit's summer average may seem small, but it was enough to land the season as the 20th hottest summer on record. Detroit's hottest summer was in 2016, when the average daily temperature was 74.9 degrees, according to the NWS. The coldest on record was in 1915, with an average daily temperature of 66.5 degrees. Detroit never broke 100 degrees this summer, the agency's summary said, but the temperature reached 90 degrees or above nine times. The hottest day in the city was July 1, when the mercury topped 97 degrees. Summer 2026 in southeast Michigan was dry for the most part, according to the weather service's report. It said Detroit received 8.07 inches of precipitation

Lake Lansing Park South partially reopens after storm damage

Lake Lansing Park South is set to partially reopen as crews continue to clean up storm damage.

Over 2,500 still without power in Livingston County

Livingston County ranks No. 2 for residents still without power in Michigan after powerful storms tore through the area Wednesday and Thursday. As of 6:30 a.m. Monday, there were 2,553 homes and business without power, according to Poweroutage.US. All of those without power are DTE Energy customers. Livingston County ranks...

Mason City Council meeting canceled due to storm damage

The Mason City Council has elected to cancel a Tuesday night meeting due to damage from storms that blew through the region last week.

Mid-Michigan storm damage linked to straight-line winds, not tornadoes

The National Weather Service has determined that no tornadoes touched down in the Lansing area during the severe storms that swept across parts of Mid-Michigan on Sept. 3. Meteorologist Scott Thomas, with the National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids, said damage surveys and reports indicate the Lansing-area damage was caused by straight-line winds.

Almost 6,000 DTE customers remain without power 4 days after severe storms hit Metro Detroit

FOX 2 - Although severe storms battered Southeast Michigan Wednesday and Thursday of last week, the fallout continues for many still in the dark. Big picture view: — More than 5,700 DTE customers are still without power four days aftersevere weather battered the region leaving as many as 300,000 without service in the immediate aftermath.

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Webberville Family Spending Labor Day Weekend Cleaning Up After The Storm

WEBBERVILLE, Mich. (News 10) - Cleanup efforts from this week’s severe storms continue across Mid-Michigan as families work to clear heavy debris and restore order to their properties ahead of the holiday weekend. In Webberville, strong winds swept through the area Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon, damaging trees and...

Power returns to most of mid-Michigan as storm cleanup continues Sunday

Power has been restored to most of Greater Lansing, but cleanup continues Sunday after several rounds of severe weather swept across Michigan last week. The Lansing Board of Water & Light outage map showed no active outages Saturday evening. Elsewhere in Ingham County, however, some customers were still waiting for service to return.

Confirmed Tornado Touches Down South Of Howell Michigan Leaving Damage And Downed Trees Along Interstate 96 Corridor

MICHIGAN — A confirmed tornado touched down south of Howell, Michigan Thursday, leaving a visible funnel that was captured by storm chasers as it developed with little advance expectation from those tracking the storm. Tornado damage has been reported south of Interstate 96, with downed trees and blocked roads confirmed in the immediate aftermath of the tornado’s passage. The tornado developed unexpectedly during what began as a routine local storm chase, catching even experienced observers off guard with the storm’s rapid intensification.

Possible tornadoes investigated as Michigan power outages top 250,000

Powerful winds pushed Jennifer Bohnett Morse’s car toward a guardrail as she drove through Thursday afternoon’s storm near Williamston. Morse said in a public Facebook post dated Sept. 3 that she had just left work and was trying to reach the Williamston park-and-ride as the storm intensified. “Barely...

New photos show extensive storm damage at Lake Lansing Park South ahead of Labor Day weekend

Lake Lansing Park South is closed until further notice after Thursday’s storms knocked down dozens of trees and crushed part of the park’s main shelter. Photos posted Friday by Ingham County Parks show uprooted trees, broken limbs covering parts of the grounds and damage to the pavilion. County...

Collapsed building, tree on house: Damage stacks up after severe storms hit Michigan

A cluster of severe thunderstorms that marched across Michigan on Thursday afternoon caused widespread damage and left nearly 350,000 homes and businesses without power. While mid-Michigan saw some damage from the storms, especially around Lansing, the highest number of damage reports were concentrated in Southeast Michigan. The most widespread type...

Fire crews called to Chelsea-area house fire during tornado warning

LIMA TWP., MI - Fire crews were called to a house fire Thursday morning — during the middle of a tornado warning. “We don’t really get a choice when inclement weather hits,” said Capt. Derek Klink with the Chelsea Area Fire Authority. Crews responded around 3:48 p.m....

Lake Lansing Park South, former Habitat for Humanity building in Williamston devastated by Thursday storms

LANSING, Mich. (News 10) - Cleanup is underway across Ingham County after severe storms rocked mid-Michigan Thursday, leaving a trail of uprooted trees and heavily damaged buildings in their wake. From Haslett to Williamston, emergency crews are working to assess the full scale of the destruction and determine which areas...

'High-end' wind event damaged buildings, trees in Ingham County

LANSING — The weather event that felled trees, damaged buildings and caused power outages on Sept. 3 in eastern Ingham County produced strong winds that did not result from a tornado, officials said. "We determined the damage probably was caused by a type of downburst at the leading edge of a squall line," said Ernie Ostuno, a forecaster for the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids. "Not quite a tornado." Not that it really matters what you call it. The result is pretty much the same, he said. "It was a high-end event in terms of wind damage," Ostuno said. The big-picture view is that it could have been worse, said Rob Dale, of Ingham County's Emergency Management office, who agreed that a funnel cloud did not cause the damage. No injuries were reported, he said. Even so, the local tree population took a beating, and there was significant building damage in the Williamston area, including to the former Habitat for Humanity ReSale store on East Grand River Avenue, where a tree fell on the front of the building, causing it to collapse, Dale said. Dozens of trees in Lake Lansing Park South were knocked down, he said. "From a