COLON, Michigan — Dangerous severe weather tore through West Michigan Tuesday evening.
13 ON YOUR SIDE Meteorologists tracked multiple tornadoes in southwest Michigan, including in Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties.
13 ON YOUR SIDE viewer Alisha Carr shared a video of what appears to be a tornado near Colon, which is in St. Joseph County.
"This is pretty evident... this is the confirmed tornado that was in the Colon area," Meteorologist Blake Hansen said during wall-to-wall coverage.
"Are there multiple vortices on that? It looks like, oh that's a multi-vortex tornado," Chief Meteorologist George Lessens said while watching the video.
Softball-sized hail was reported in Union City and Coldwater.
The Midwest region saw a total of seven tornadoes, at least four of which are believed to have been in Southwest Michigan and two of those four are believed to have hit Portage.
The storms caused severe damage ranging from uprooted trees to roofs blown off buildings. Some homes and businesses were destroyed. While no serious injuries were reported, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff said there are an estimated 16 to 20 people who sustained injuries in the Oak Brook Estates mobile home park in Portage alone.
Officials confirm one woman was rescued from under her mobile home. In the nearby FedEx Center, about 50 employees were temporarily trapped inside when the roof and front of the building blew off.
Crews are now working to clean up the debris and restore power.
In Kalamazoo County, over 18,000 are without power. In St. Joseph County, only about 4,000 Consumers Energy customers are impacted—but that is about 40% of the customers in that county.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared a State of Emergency for Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Branch and Cass counties.
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