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Severe Thunderstorms

• Lightning Safety Tips PDF icon
This document, prepared by the Michigan State Police, gives helpful tips on remaining safe during lightning storms.

• Food and Water in an Emergency
If a winter storm, power outage, or other disaster strikes your community, you might not have access to food, water, and electricity for several days. This guide from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the American Red Cross will help you get prepared.

• Thunderstorm Preparedness Information
Thunderstorms are a regular event in Michigan. In the United States lightning kills 300 people and injures 80 on average, each year. All thunderstorms produce lightning and all have the potential for danger. This website from Ready.gov will help you and your family prepare for a thunderstorm.

• Thunderstorm Information
This website provided by the American Red Cross gives information on lightning strikes, preparing for a storm, what to do if caught outside, and what to do after the storm passes.

• Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms can occur anywhere in the world and at any time of the day. All thunderstorms produce lightning and thunder. Some have the potential to produce damaging straight-line winds, large hail, heavy rain, flooding, and tornadoes. Visit this website by the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) for more information.





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