PORTAGE, MI – It’s been six months to the day since an EF2 tornado blew through Kalamazoo County. Some areas have been ...

Sunday, "Leaf-A-Legacy" invited the community to come out and plant trees at Celery Flats Historical Area and the Portage ...

The Palmer family lost about 40 trees in their yard alone, to the May 7 tornado. Many of their neighbors in the Ashton Woods ...

PORTAGE, MI -- It’s been almost six months since an EF2 tornadoes ripped through Portage on May 7. Among the formerly tree-lined neighborhoods hit in Portage, there’s a depressive energy in ...

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Portage County's new state-of-the-art emergency management facility is open and already preparing for disasters, human-made or natural.

A multiday severe weather threat continued across the central U.s. on Monday, pounding the region with thunderstorms that produced damaging wind gusts, large hail and reports of tornadoes.

National Weather Service meteorologists confirmed Friday that Hurricane Milton spawned at least 41 tornadoes, but the final total could be even higher once damage surveys are completed.

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A swarm of tornadoes destroyed 39 homes in Oklahoma City on Sunday. More tornado warnings and watches were being issued for the Oklahoma City metro area on Monday afternoon, a day after a swarm of ...

Severe storms and reported tornadoes tore through Oklahoma on Saturday into early Sunday, injuring at least 11 people, toppling power lines and trees, and leaving a trail of destruction.