{"id":16843,"date":"2026-03-07T07:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/four-killed-and-dozens-injured-as-tornados-hit-michigan-governor-activates-emergency-response\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T07:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:17:24","slug":"four-killed-and-dozens-injured-as-tornados-hit-michigan-governor-activates-emergency-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/four-killed-and-dozens-injured-as-tornados-hit-michigan-governor-activates-emergency-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Four killed and dozens injured as tornados hit Michigan; governor activates emergency response"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON, March 7 &mdash; Tornados struck the midwestern US state of Michigan yesterday, killing four people and injuring at least a dozen others, US media reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Branch County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office said a tornado near Union City in the southern part of the state killed three people and left 12 injured, according to multiple media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>About 50 miles (80 kilometres) west, officials in Cass County said one person was killed and &ldquo;several injuries&rdquo; were reported after a tornado touched down in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our thoughts are with those who have lost family, friends, and property during this incident,&rdquo; the Branch County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office said in a statement to local media.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Cass County said a number of trees had fallen onto roads and buildings, and more than 500 people were reported to be without power.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Emergency Management personnel will be conducting damage assessments in the affected area as required by the State of Michigan,&rdquo; the local sheriff&rsquo;s office said in an emergency alert.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said yesterday evening she was activating a state emergency operations centre &ldquo;to coordinate an all-hands-on-deck response to severe weather in southwestern Michigan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to thank all the first responders on the ground who reacted quickly to keep Michiganders safe,&rdquo; she wrote in a post on X. &mdash; AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Four killed and dozens injured as tornados hit Michigan; governor activates emergency response<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, March 7 &mdash; Tornados struck the midwestern US state of Michigan yesterday, killing four people and injuring at least a dozen others, US media reported. The Branch County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office said a tornado near Union City in the southern part of the state killed three people and left 12 injured, according to multiple media&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/four-killed-and-dozens-injured-as-tornados-hit-michigan-governor-activates-emergency-response\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Four killed and dozens injured as tornados hit Michigan; governor activates emergency response&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}