Severe storms batter the Midwest, including reported tornadoes that shredded a FedEx facility

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ED WHITE, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and SEAN MURPHY
Updated 10:41 AM CDT, May 8, 2024

PAVILION TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Severe storms barreled through the Midwest early Wednesday, a day after two reported tornadoes struck a Michigan city and surrounding area, destroying homes and commercial buildings, including a FedEx facility.

Tornadoes were first reported after dark Tuesday in parts of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, while portions of Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri were also under a tornado watch, according to the National Weather Service. The storms came a day after a deadly twister ripped through an Oklahoma town.

Survey teams planned to head out Wednesday to determine whether tornadoes struck locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, according to Jeff Craven, the meteorologist-in-charge in the weather service’s Pittsburgh office.

Radar indicated Hancock County, West Virginia, and in Jefferson County, Ohio, were hit by tornadoes, but teams will have to evaluate the damage to determine their rating, Craven said.



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[Bayard]

1. Major thunderstorms and hail last night

Here in southern Kentucky. More of the same predicted today, along with tornados.

I'm making a cold pasta salad now, because I know we're going to lose power again.

Stay safe, DU!

[Traildogbob]

2. So terrifying.

And kudos to the weather channel and other media on 24/7 keeping people aware.
Kornacki is the master of precinct counting during elections, but these meteorologists tracking and monitoring these non stop pop up tornadoes, in every state that are being hit is amazing.
This people are saving lives, and must have IV’s of caffeine to be so fast at tracking and plotting those storms.
Nothing I can say to the victims except, my heart actually hurts for the loses to these people.
And thank God for an administration that has a compassionate leader that will get help there fast.
No matter the state color.

[CousinIT]

3. I wonder if these are the ones moving East? n/t