At least 2 dead, 44 injured after tornado strikes northern Michigan
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Grayling Hospital
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Munson Medical Center Traverse City
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Summary
The two people who died were in their 70s and both lived in a mobile home park, Carroll said.The tornado touched down on Friday at 3:48 p.m., near Nottingham Forest, a mobile home park, and continued along the M-32 Highway through the Gaylord business area, causing "extensive damage" to other commercial and residential structures in the tornado's path, Carroll said.Otsego County Fire Chief Chris Martin added that about 95% of the mobile home park has been destroyed, with "trailers picked up and turned over on top of each other."The tornado warning code red alert sent out gave people in the Gaylord area about 10 minutes to prepare, John Boris, Science and Operations Officer with the National Weather Service, said.Data collected by the NWS suggests that the tornado was on the ground for 26 minutes, with the storm moving at about 55 mph.
As said here by Meredith Deliso, Nadine El-Bawab