(Lansing, MI) – Governor Gretchen Whitmer is asking President Donald Trump to declare a federal disaster for three counties as a result of four tornadoes that killed four people on March 6th. The largest was an EF-3 that hit Union City in Branch County, killing three. One person was killed in Edwardsburg in Cass County, and an EF-2 tornado caused massive damage to the Menards store in Three Rivers.
U.S. Senator Gary Peters, a Democrat, and Republican Congressman Tim Walberg joined Whitmer in asking for the disaster declaration.
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