DETROIT Metro Detroit is once again left reeling from damage done by heavy rains.
The southeast Michigan area, still recovering from flooding over a week ago, accumulated another 1-2 inches of rain during a wave of storms Saturday afternoon and evening, said National Weather Service White Lake Township meteorologist Megan Varcie, leading to flooding on southbound M-10 and other areas.
The National Weather says tornadoes struck near Detroit and Flint on Saturday evening.
The two EF-1 tornadoes touched down in Genesee County s Clayton Township around 6:30 p.m. and in Oakland County around 7:45 p.m., the weather service said Sunday.
Damage from both storms was consistent with winds of 100 mph touched down in Oakland County around 7:45 p.m., the weather service said Sunday. Both twisters traveled about 1.8 miles, damaging trees. One person suffered minor injuries.
Another wave of rain is hitting part of Wayne County.
The National Weather Service put out a flash flood warning Wednesday for northeastern Wayne County affecting northeast Detroit, all Grosse Pointe areas and Harper Woods.
A little shower popped up just south of the area, said Kyle Klein, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service s White Lake Township office. The actual storm that prompted the warning has moved off into Lake St. Clair and Canada, but it looks like the area s picked up about 1 to 2 inches (of rain) during that hour.
The warning, issued at 5:58 p.m., was expected to end around 8:30 p.m.
Plane from Georgia crashes into Michigan home killing 3 family members
Updated Jan 03, 2021;
By Candice Williams The Detroit News (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
A plane crash Saturday afternoon in Lyon Township, Michigan killed the former president of Metro Detroit’s home builders group, his wife and son and sparked a fire in the home they struck, according to the home builders association.
Plane owner David S. Compo an experienced, licensed pilot his wife Michele and their college-age son Dawson were killed in the crash when their private plane smashed into a home half a mile north of the New Hudson airport, the Home Builders Association of Southeastern Michigan said late Saturday in a release.
Businessman, 60, his wife, 55, and their son, 18, are killed when their small plane crashes into Michigan home and bursts into flames - as family-of-five inside escape unharmed
A small plane flying from Georgia to Michigan crashed into a home near a local airport and engulfed it in flames
Business man and experienced pilot David S. Compo, 60, his wife Michelle, 55, and their 18-year-old son Dawson died in the fiery crash
Compo had flown to Canton, Georgia on December 29 and the family was returning home to Michigan in their private plane on Saturday
A family-of-five was inside the home when the plane hit, but escaped unharmed