A tornado stroyed several hom and bs on Friday afternoon Gaylord, Michigan.
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- VIOS SHOW VASTATN OF FIRST TORNADO EVER TO IMPACT GAYLORD, MICHIGAN
- UP CLOSE: SEE NEW PHOTOS, VIO SI GAYLORD MOBILE HOME PARK H HARST BY TORNADO
- THEN AND NOW: SEE PHOTOS AS GAYLORD MUNY REVERS OM VASTATG TORNADO
- SATELLE IMAGERY SHOWS 16 MILE LE OF DTCTN FROM EF-3 TORNADO RIPPG THROUGH GAYLORD
VIOS SHOW VASTATN OF FIRST TORNADO EVER TO IMPACT GAYLORD, MICHIGAN
GAYLORD, Mich. – A tornado that vastated parts of the northern Lower Pensula of Michigan left bs and hom damaged and had lears pledgg the town would Natnal Weather Service Office Gaylord, Michigan, started receivg reports of a tornado jt after 3:30 p. On twister is thought to have first touched down near Elmira and went on to move through Gaylord, which is home to around 4, 000 TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVVio om the heart of the town, Wt Ma Street, showed signifint damage to bs, vehicl and other astcture the tornado's path.
UP CLOSE: SEE NEW PHOTOS, VIO SI GAYLORD MOBILE HOME PARK H HARST BY TORNADO
"Gaylord has never taken a direct h om a tornado, " Jim Keysor, Natnal Weather Service meteorologist, said. And most people that have lived here their whole liv – they’ve never experienced a tornado Gaylord, " Keysor said.
The twister – wh maximum wds of 150 mph – also jured 44 people as tore through the town of Gaylord, which ss about 60 east of Traverse Cy the state’s Lower Pensula, g what officials scribe as “tastrophic” damage.
“It took out an sane amount of buildgs and jt jeopardized so many liv, ” said Jordan Awrey, a Gaylord Cy Council member. Brandon Smh, a 26-year-old Gaylord rint, said he was standg outsi his hoe about a quarter of a e om the tornado when he saw rollg over some tre, rellg that sound like a eight tra.
THEN AND NOW: SEE PHOTOS AS GAYLORD MUNY REVERS OM VASTATG TORNADO
About 25, 000 people live Gaylord and Otsego County, acrdg to the US Cens Bure.
Gaylord was unr a curfew until 8 a.
SATELLE IMAGERY SHOWS 16 MILE LE OF DTCTN FROM EF-3 TORNADO RIPPG THROUGH GAYLORD
More than a dozen hom and up to 50 rs have been lost due to the tornado, Gaylord Mayor Todd Sharrard told CNN, addg that cleanup efforts are unrway.
“The muny of Gaylord is very, very strong and ’s tight-kn, ” Sharrard said. “We are makg available all state rourc operatn wh lol rponse and revery efforts, ” Whmer said durg a news nference Friday night Gaylord. “My heart go out to the fai and small bs impacted by the tornado and severe weather Gaylord, ” she said on social media.