Authorities in southern Michigan were searching through rubble Saturday after tornadoes tore through the region, killing at least eight people across Michigan and Oklahoma over several days and leaving entire neighborhoods flattened in their wake.
Michigan sits outside the so-called Tornado Alley and averages about 15 tornadoes per year—much less than the 155 for Texas and 96 for Kansas—which means the devastation brought about by Friday’s storms was rare and unexpecte
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