DETROIT — Severe storms barreled through the Midwest early Wednesday, a day after two tornadoes struck one Michigan city and destroyed homes and commercial buildings, including a FedEx facility. The tornadoes were first spotted 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. As the storms raged on in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday, the National Weather...

Thunderstorms and tornadoes mauled the Midwest, tearing through several western Michigan communities Tuesday evening, leaving a trail of wreckage that weather and emergency officials will have to evaluate more closely in the light of day. At least two tornadoes touched down in Michigan, one in Portage and the other in Branch and St. Joseph counties, National Weather Service officials in Grand Rapids said early Wednesday, adding teams would be out later surveying the damage. "The early warnings saved lives," said Ernie Ostuno, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Grand Rapids,...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — A pair of reported tornadoes swept through Kalamazoo County Tuesday evening, May 7, wreaking havoc on homes, businesses and more. The storms rolled through around 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., causing thousands to lose power. Some of the heaviest damage was concentrated around Westnedge Avenue, Centre Avenue and Oakland Drive, according to Portage city officials. The FedEx building at 6701 Portage Road sustained a direct hit from one of the reported tornadoes. The roof of the building caved in, leaving the interior exposed. After the storm...

Powerful tornadoes and storms swept through southwestern Michigan Tuesday evening, destroying or damaging homes and businesses and injuring several residents – and millions more from northeast Texas to the Carolinas face at least a slight risk of severe weather Wednesday. At least a dozen people were injured at a mobile home park in Pavilion Township following a tornado Tuesday, according to a county official. The township is located in Kalamazoo County, where 15 to 20 people had minor injuries and were transported to two area hospitals, according to the county’s...

PORTAGE, MI -- Workers reportedly trapped inside a partially collapsed FedEx building made it out Tuesdsay night after a likely tornado ripped through Portage. As of about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 8, there were no reports of deaths from what officials suspect were two tornadoes that struck the Portage area, according to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office. There were injuries -- up to 16 people had non-severe injuries at the Pavilion Estates mobile home community when a tornado tossed mobile homes around. Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller credited a high...

The American Red Cross is responding to the tornado which devastated a small town in northwest Oklahoma Monday night, while continuing to help people impacted by last week’s tornadoes and Texas flooding. Meanwhile, millions of people face the threat of more tornadoes today. Trained Red Cross disaster workers and partners are responding across Oklahoma. They are providing a safe place to stay, food, relief supplies, health services, and emotional and spiritual care for people in Barnsdall affected by Monday’s devastating tornado and helping people in the southeast part of the...

PORTAGE, MI - Initial damage reports from Tuesday night’s storm across south Michigan show partially collapsed buildings, fallen trees and downed power lines, officials said. There were large trees and power lines both downed with roof shingles scattered around Portage due to a possible tornado, according to the National Weather Service in a 6:25 p.m., May 7 update. There is no confirmed tornado touchdown at this point, though weather officials said there were multiple reports of witnesses spotting funnel clouds. The FedEx building on Portage Road and Stryker Way partially...

“STAY HOME ST LOUIS” the downtown traffic signs read during the pandemic. The locals obeyed then. And they are still staying out of downtown St. Louis today. “The office district is empty,” the Wall Street Journal recently reported, “with boarded up towers, copper thieves and failing retail — even the Panera outlet shut down. The city is desperately trying to reverse the ‘doom loop.” Yet another downtown has fallen in the post-COVID, post George Floyd era. While America’s largest metropolises are persisting in reduced states, the middle tier of cities...

A North Carolina FedEx was making holiday deliveries when she said two dogs allegedly attacked her. Angela Wyche told local news outlet WRAL that she was attacked by German shepherds while making a delivery to a home on Friday. The door of the home in the city of Carthage allegedly was open. "One was on my left leg, one was on my right leg and they were just biting me and biting me," Wyche said during the interview. "I was screaming, I was moving my legs. The dogs was growling...

Shares of FedEx Corp. FDX, plunged 12.05% to $246.25 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, falling 1.47% to 4,698.35 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, falling 1.27% to 37,082.00. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. FedEx Corp. closed $39.28 below its 52-week high ($285.53), which the company reached on December 18th. The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as United Parcel Service Inc. Cl B UPS, fell 2.88%...