OR NEWS STARTS NOW WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. BREAKING NEWS IN MONROE COUNTY. STRONG
WINDS LEAVE A TRAIL OF
DESTRUCTION BEHIND IN DUNDEE.
THE QUESTION TONIGHT DID A
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN DUNDEE?
THANKS FOR JOINING US AND WILL
JONES PAMELA OSBORNE. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS
BEEN THERE ON THE GROUND
GATHERING MORE INFORMATION,
OFFICIALS REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF
UP TO 60 MPH. WHERE POSSIBLE ARE
JACQUELINE FRANCIS JOINS US LIVE
FROM DUNDEE WITH A LOOK AT THE
DAMAGE TONIGHT, JACQUELINE. HI
PAMELA. AND WILL. WHAT’S REALLY
INTERESTING IS HOW ISOLATED THE
DAMAGES WERE TOLD THE HOMES IN
THE AREA. THEY DIDN’T GET MUCH
DAMAGE AT ALL. BUT TAKE A LOOK
HERE AT VILLAGE SQUARE. IT’S
ACTUALLY STILL IT’S BEEN CLOSED
OFF ALL DAY. WE’RE GOING TO GO
ON A LITTLE WALK AS CREWS HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE MESS
EARLIER TODAY, THIS WAS ALL
COVERED WITH DEBRIS. IF YOU TAKE
A LOOK AT THIS CROSSWALK SIGN,
YOU CAN SEE THAT STRONG WIND
JUST POPPED OUT THE STOPLIGHT
RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE
THAT THE DUNDEE FIRE DEPARTMENT
IS ON THE SCENE THERE ADDRESSING
ROOF DAMAGE. WE’RE TOLD THAT IT
WAS MOSTLY ALL BUSINESSES. THERE
ARE SOME APARTMENTS ABOVE THOSE
BUILDINGS SHOPS. THERE ARE A LOT
OF THESE SHOPS HAVE BEEN CLOSED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO HELP
ASSESS THIS DAMAGE. AND THE BIG
QUESTION IS YOU GUYS SAID WAS
THIS A TORNADO? WELL THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SENT
SOMEONE DOWN TODAY AND WE SHOULD
BE FINDING OUT ANY TIME. WHETHER
THAT WHAT THAT ANSWER IS. TAKE A
LOOK. A LATE MORNING STORM. IT
MADE A MESS OF DOWNTOWN DUNDEE
FORKLIFTS CLEARING DEBRIS FROM
VILLAGE SQUARE. LOWERS FINISHING
OFF THE REST. THE WIND RIPPED
THROUGH JUST AFTER 11. IT WAS
HERE. MAYBE 10 15 SECONDS, AND
THEN IT WAS GONE. THEODORE
WARDEN AND HIS WIFE WERE JUST
ABOUT TO OPEN SHOP BOTH MY HANDS
AND SHUT THE DOOR. AND AS SOON
AS I DID, THAT, I LOOKED OVER
AND NOTHING, BUT WHEN I COULD
SEE SOMETHING UP IN THE AIR
FLYING AND THEN I SEEN ALL THIS
WOOD COMING DOWN. AND THEN I
SAID, I GOT TO GO AND CHECK THE
NEIGHBORS. I STARTED WALKING OUT
MY WIFE, HE SAYS, GET BACK IN
HERE, AS IT WAS STILL WOULD
FLYING AROUND. HIS CAR WAS
TOTALED FRONT SMASHED SIDE.
THEY’RE SMASHED THE FRONT
WINDOWS SMASHED, BUT HIS
BUSINESS WAS SPARED. NEIGHBORING
SHOPS WEREN’T AS LUCKY
STOREFRONTS BLOWN OUT BRICKS
BLOWN OFF AFTER DETERMINING NO
ONE WAS HURT. FIRST RESPONDERS
AND VILLAGE OFFICIALS TURNED
THEIR ATTENTION TO THE DAMAGE
DONE. SENDING UP A DRONE. IT
GIVES THEM A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF
THE STRUCTURE THAT THEY CAN’T
SEE EASILY. SURVEYORS ASSESSING
THE EXTENT OF ROOF AND
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, DETERMINING
WHETHER IT’S SAFE TO GO INSIDE.
AGAIN THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DID HAVE A TEAM MEMBER
ON SCENE THIS AFTERNOON. RIGHT
NOW THEY’RE WORKING ON THAT
REPORT. SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT
ANY TIME WE’LL BE SURE TO PUT IT
ON OUR WEBSITE CLICKONDETROIT’S
DOT COM REPORTING LIVE IN
DUNDEE, JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL
4. ALL RIGHT, JACQUELINE. THANK
YOU. FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES. AS
YOU SAID, THEY’RE TWO REPORTS.
IT HAS BEEN A FULL RANGE OF
WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN ON THIS FIRST DAY OF
APRIL. METEOROLOGIST RON
HILLIARD TRACKING MORE RAIN AND
POSSIBLE SNOW SHOWERS FOR YOUR
SATURDAY NIGHT. HEY, RON. HELLO
TO YOU. WE ARE SEEING THOSE
SHOWERS STILL MOVING ACROSS THE
AREA WITH ARZAK TRUCK. 40 RADAR
HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN OUR WEATHER
CENTER. WE HAVE THE STORMS
COMING THROUGH LAST NIGHT AND OF
COURSE OVERNIGHT AND THEN AGAIN
THOSE STORMS LATE THIS MORNING,
WHICH BROUGHT SOME GUSTY WINDS
AND HAIL TO PARTS OF THE AREA.
RIGHT NOW, WE STILL HAVE SOME
RAIN SHOWERS AND SOME SNOW
SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH. LET’S
ZOOM ON IN A LITTLE BIT. GET A
CLOSER LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENING
ACROSS OUR AREA. WE’RE GOING TO
START OFF OVER TOWARD EASTERN
PORTIONS OF WAYNE COUNTY AND
MACOMB COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT
ALONG M 59 SOUTHWARD. SOME RAIN
SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA
, SUCH AS AROUND THE STERLING
HEIGHTS AREA, EVEN INTO WARN AS
WE GET OVER TOWARD OAKLAND
COUNTY, SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS
JUST TO THE NORTH OF 6 96 AROUND
WEST BLOOMFIELD, WITZEL MILFORD
, WE’RE SEEING THAT STRETCHING
ALL THE WAY BACK TO HOWELL AS WE
GET UP INTO OUR NORTHERN AREAS.
LAPIERRE GENESEE COUNTIES. WE
ARE SEEING SOME SNOW SHOWERS. AT
THIS TIME AND DAVIDSON. WE’RE
SEEING SOME OF THAT SNOW, AND
THAT’S WHERE WE’RE WATCHING. THE
CURIOUSLY CREEK, WHICH IS UNDER
A FLOOD WARNING RIGHT NOW, I
WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT AS WE GO
AHEAD AND SHOW YOU THIS RIGHT
HERE THAT IS THAT WARNING IT
GOES UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT. WE
ARE WATCHING THAT AND WE ARE
ALSO SEEING SOME RIVERS ACROSS
THE AREA THAT ARE RISING BECAUSE
OF ALL THAT RAINFALL NOW MOUNT
CLEMENS RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING
THE CLINTON RIVER OUT THERE A
LITTLE BIT ELEVATED, BUT IS
EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW FLOOD
STATION TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
REGION COMING ON DOWN RIGHT NOW.
37 DEGREES. WE HAD OUR HIGHS
EARLY THIS MORNING. IT IS 36
RIGHT NOW IN PONTIAC 35 IN THE
PIER AND IN FLINT. AT DETROIT.
METRO 42. WE’RE SHARING THE
TEMPERATURE IN GROSSE ILE. NOW
THIS EVENING. WE HAVE THOSE
SYMPTOMS COMING ON DOWN. THEY’LL
BE WRAPPING UP IN THE TWENTIES.
OVERNIGHT COMING UP. I’LL TELL
YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
SUSPECT, BUT REMINDER TO ALWAYS
HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS OF GETTING
WARNINGS. AND ONE WAY TO GET A
WARNING IS WITH THE 4WARN
WEATHER AT PEOPLE GOT ALERTS
THIS MORNING. IF YOU ARE UNDER A
WARNING, YOU CAN GET ACCURATE
FORECASTS AS WELL AS ACCESS THE
EXACT TRACK RADAR. NOW THAT’S
THE EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR RIGHT
IN THE PALM OF HER HANDS. BACK
TO YOU. ALRIGHT RON. THANK YOU,
AND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES
DEALING WITH SEVERE WEATHER. AT
LEAST 21. PEOPLE ARE DEAD.
DOZENS MORE HURT AFTER A SLEW OF
STORMS AND TORNADOES TOUR TOUR
ACROSS THE SOUTH AND MIDWEST.
YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE ON YOUR
SCREEN MORE THAN 50. PRELIMINARY
REPORTS OF TORNADOES RECORDED
FRIDAY IN AT LEAST SEVEN STATES
IN THE WEEKEND. WEATHER THREAT
ISN’T OVER YET. ISABELLE ROSE
SALAS HAS THE LATEST LITTLE ROCK
OBVIOUSLY SUFFERED SERIOUS
DAMAGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE
LAST 24 HOURS, A STATE OF
EMERGENCY DECLARED AND THE
NATIONAL GUARD ACTIVATED AND
HARD HIT. ARKANSAS ONE OF SEVEN
STATES DEVASTATED BY WIDESPREAD
STORMS AND DEADLY TORNADOES. ON
FRIDAY, WE HEARD THE WIND AND
THEN OUR DAD HIT IMMEDIATELY
WOKE UP FROM HIS NAP AND TOLD US
TO GO TO THE BATHROOM QUICK. AT
LEAST A DOZEN TORNADOES WERE
REPORTED IN ARKANSAS HOMES AND
BUSINESSES DESTROYED IN A MATTER
OF MINUTES. THE OPPORTUNITY OVER
THE LAST UH, A COUPLE OF HOURS
TO SPEAK WITH BOTH THE HOMELAND
SECURITY. SECRETARY AS WELL AS
PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHO HAVE
OFFERED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT ARKANSAS
NEEDS. LITTLE ROCK SAYS MORE
THAN 2000 OF HIS RESIDENTS WERE
AFFECTED BY THE TORNADOHE
SAYS. THE IMPACT IS DEVASTATING
THEIR COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT HAVE BEEN FLATTENED AS WELL
AS COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. WE
DON’T KNOW WHAT’S LEFT ALL MY
NEIGHBORS HOUSE IS ABOUT
DESTROYED. IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS
. AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS DEAD
AND DOZENS OF OTHERS INJURED
AFTER THE ROOF OF THE APOLLO
THEATER IN BELVEDERE COLLAPSED.
A STRONG LINE OF SEVERE WEATHER
MOVED THROUGH THE AREA, AND IT
WASN’T IMMEDIATELY CLEAR WHETHER
THE STORMS CAUSED THE ROOF TO
CRUMBLE. IT’S JUST REALLY HARD
TO SEE PEOPLE AND HERE, PEOPLE
BEING HURT. MEANWHILE, THE
THREAT OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER
LOOMS FOR SOME 70 MILLION PEOPLE
FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTHEAST
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
VISIBLE RESULTS REPORTING FRIDAY
. SEVERE STORMS CAME A WEEK
AFTER SEVERE WEATHER HIT THE
SOUTHEAST AND KILLED AT LEAST 26
PEOPLE. POSSIBLE CHARGES COULD
BE FILED AGAINST THE DETROIT
MAN. POLICE SAY GOT INTO A
SHOOTOUT WITH OFFICERS. IT
HAPPENED AROUND EIGHT LAST NIGHT
NEAR PURITAN AND SAN JUAN.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MAN FIRED
SEVERAL SHOTS AT OFFICERS
RETURNED FIRE, AND THEN THE
GUNMAN TOOK OFF. HE WAS LATER
FOUND SHOT IN A NEARBY HOUSE. HE
WAS TREATED AND TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY. A FAMILY ARGUMENT IS
LIKELY TO BLAME FOR A SHOTS
FIRED CALL, AND ROYAL TOWNSHIP
OFFICERS GOT THE CALL AROUND 10
LAST NIGHT ON MITCHELLVILLE
AVENUE THAT’S NEAR EIGHT MILE
AND LIVE IN OY, PLEASE SAY A
WOMAN CALLED 911 AFTER ARGUING
WITH THEIR NEPHEW. THEY SAY THE
NEPHEW FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS WITH
A GUN FROM THE BACKYARD IN
ACROSS THE STREET. THE WOMAN
TOLD POLICE SHE WAS ABLE TO GET
A GUN FROM HIM. HE WAS ARRESTED.
AT THE SCENE. NO ONE WAS HURT.
BIT OF GOOD NEWS TO PASS ALONG
TO YOU. FRANCIS IS BACK HOME
AFTER TREATMENT FOR BRONCHITIS.
THE 86 YEAR OLD SPOKE TO MEMBERS
OF THE MEDIA AS HE LEFT TODAY,
EVEN JOKING ABOUT HOW HE’S STILL
ALIVE. THE FOOTBALL SO TOOK A
MOMENT TO EMBRACE A COUPLE WHO
LOST THEIR DAUGHTER LAST NIGHT
AND PRAYED WITH THEM. THE
VATICAN SAYS THE POPE WILL
PRESIDE OVER HOLY WEEK
CELEBRATIONS BEGINNING TOMORROW
FOR PALM SUNDAY MASS SERVICE IN
ST PETER’S SQUARE. STILL A LOT
MORE TO COME HERE AND LOCAL 4
NEWS AT SIX. HERE’S MEGAN WOODS
. TONIGHT WE TAKE YOU TO AN
EVENT ALL ABOUT SECOND CHANCES
WHEN YOU COME HOME FROM
INCARCERATION THAT YOU KNOW
YOU’RE STILL FACING A PLETHORA
OF STIGMAS. WE SHOW YOU THE