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At least 2 tornadoes hit near Detroit; no injuries reported

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At least two tornadoes swept through suburban Detroit, Michigan, on Monday, causing massive damage to buildings



DETROIT, Michigan (CNN) -- Residents of suburban Detroit on Tuesday were cleaning up a day after at least two tornadoes overturned vehicles, uprooted trees and caused extensive damage to buildings. No serious injuries were reported.

National Weather Service meteorologist David Koehler said that two tornadoes were confirmed Monday afternoon in Livingston, Oakland, Genesee and Lapeer counties in southeastern Michigan, and that numerous other funnel clouds were reported.

A reported twister in Livingston County slammed a golf course, flipping over cars and golf carts and ripping off a part of a building. The storm also tore the roof off a house. In Oakland County, a barn was demolished. Lapeer County reported only minor damage.

Wind and rain whipped through largely uninhabited areas, uprooting and snapping apart trees.

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Oakland County Sheriff's Sgt. Richard Boutin said an apartment complex and a nursery school were damaged, but there were no reports of injuries, blackouts or evacuations. He said a tornado was reported 1:30 p.m. EDT at Kensington Metro Park in Milford Township and near an interstate in Lyon Township.

Oakland County emergency management official Gail Novak said, "We don't know if (the reported tornado) traveled on the ground or if there were funnel clouds."

Livingston County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Mark Tobin said high winds tipped over a semi-trailer truck and other trucks on U.S. 23, where a funnel cloud was spotted as it headed through parts of Tyrone and Hartland townships.







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