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Buildings, gazebo suffer damage after tornado touches down in Dundee on Saturday

The National Weather service says an EF0 tornado is responsible for damaging multiple buildings in downtown Dundee on Saturday morning.

DUNDEE, Mich. — A tornado touched down and caused significant damage to buildings in Dundee, Michigan in Monroe County on Saturday morning.

A line of quick moving storms tore the roof off at least one building before noon according to Dundee Fire Department.

A large pile of bricks and other debris lined the sidewalk near the buildings along Park Place near Tecumseh Street in the heart of downtown.

More debris was strewn about Memorial Park.

At 6:38 p.m. on Saturday, the National Weather Service Detroit confirmed a tornado with an estimated peak wind of 80 mph touched down in the city just after 11 a.m.

Around 6:30 p.m., Dundee police said everyone who had been asked to leave the area while cleanup commenced could return to their homes.

The storm originally touched down at the intersection of Brewer Rd. and Petersburg Rd. southwest of Dundee before entering into the downtown area.

There do not appear to be any injuries, according to the Dundee Police Department.

Businesses known to be affected include Tiffany’s Pizza, Cool Beanz coffee, Independent Newspaper, and Gerwick Realty.

Credit: Josie Sulfaro-Cuolahan
Dundee Gazebo/Civil War Memorial

The gazebo in memorial park also suffered damage in the storm and the windows of some cars parked on the street were apparently shattered.

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