Volunteers work to clear branches felled by a storm a day earlier in Union City, Mich., Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Powerful storms tore through parts of Michigan and Oklahoma, leaving a trail of destruction that included flattened homes and scattered debris. Volunteers helped residents sift through rubble and begin cleanup as the threat of severe weather lingers across the nation’s midsection.
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A volunteer works outside a home damaged by a storm that whipped up a tornado a day earlier, in Union City Mich., Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)A volunteer clears branches felled by a storm that whipped up a tornado a day earlier, in Union City Mich., Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Damage is seen to Menards after a reported tornado in Three Rivers, Mich., on Friday, March 6, 2026. (Devin Anderson-Torrez/MLive via AP)Damage is seen outside Menard’s store after a severe storm in Three Rivers, Mich., Friday, March 6, 2026. (Devin Anderson-Torrez/MLive via AP)Damage is seen to power lines and traffic signals after a reported tornado in Three Rivers, Mich., on Friday, March 6, 2026. (Devin Anderson-Torrez/MLive via AP)Damage is seen to the car Ashley Steel was stuck in as a reported tornado hit an Applebees in Three Rivers, Mich., on Friday, March 6, 2026. (Devin Anderson-Torrez/MLive via AP)A storm-damaged garage door sits folded a day after a storm that whipped up a tornado ripped through the area, in Union City Mich., Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)A volunteer works to clear debris a day after a storm whipped up a tornado through the area, in Union City Mich., Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Volunteers look at the damage caused by a storm that whipped up a tornado through the area a day earlier, in Union City Mich., Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)The Tulsa Tech Peoria Campus damaged by a Friday night storm is shown Saturday, March 7, 2026 in Tulsa, Okla. (Mike Simons /Tulsa World via AP)Carlos Lawrence and Miranda Turner view a downed tree from a storm on Friday, March 6, 2026 in Tulsa, Okla. (Mike Simons /Tulsa World via AP)
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