Southern Michigan was ravaged by tornadoes on Tuesday, unleashing devastation in Portage, where employees found themselves briefly trapped inside a FedEx facility, and wreaking havoc on a mobile home park in Kalamazoo, described by one resident as resembling scenes from a disaster movie.
According to FedEx spokeswoman Shannon Davis, all employees at the distribution facility were eventually evacuated and safe by late Tuesday. Earlier, approximately 50 individuals had been stranded inside the building, as confirmed by Kalamazoo County spokeswoman Taylor Koopman.
Multiple tornadoes struck the county on Tuesday evening, resulting in minor injuries for around 15 to 20 individuals, with no reported fatalities, stated Kalamazoo County public information officer Andrew Alspach.