Tornado warning Michigan

In addition to tornadoes, the watch said hail and scattered wind gusts of up to 70 mph are possible. Earlier Wednesday, meteorologists with the agency's office ...

"The regional system is near capacity given recent heavy rain events and is actively being drained," Navid Mehram, chief operating officer, wastewater operating services, for the Great Lakes Water Authority said Tuesday in a statement. The fire chief said the homeowner is a retired firefighter who worked in another community and quickly got his wife out of the house. "Lightning takes the tallest objects and in a subdivision where a lot of trees have been taken down, the tallest object it can find is usually one of the metal vents on a house's roof." "A storm system went through and lightning struck the home," he said. "The home's owner told us he heard a loud boom and then heard some noises that didn't sound right to him. He said his department was called to the home at about 3:40 a.m.