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Storm rocks Metro Detroit, tearing off roofs and uprooting trees

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2 years ago

April 18, 2024

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Storm rocks Metro Detroit, tearing off roofs and uprooting trees

Severe storm his Metro Detroit, causing damage

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FERNDALE, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – Strong storms hit Ferndale Wednesday afternoon. Nearly 70 mph winds ripped trees from the ground, took roofs off of buildings and left debris scattered near the area of Nine Mile Road and Paxton Avenue.

“Roofs are on the floor, power lines are down it was crazy,” said one Ferndale resident.

“You could just see the stuff flying from the top of the buildings and stuff like that,” said another.

What’s left of roofs along some buildings on Nine Mile Road didn’t come without shock to those living and working nearby.

In the neighborhoods just blocks away, home video shows trees rocking back and forth and garbage cans blowing across lawns.

“It came quick, and just like that, it was gone,” said Laura Mitchum, who said it felt like the storm lasted no more than five minutes.

She took video from her home near Ardmore and Paxton avenues.

She said she witnessed her neighbor’s tree get ripped from the ground and recalls those moments as she watched it go through the wood chipper after the storm concluded.

“I’m thinking I should be in the basement right now, but I couldn’t stop videotaping what was going on,” Mitchum said when she was watching the storm.

The Ferndale Police Department reports one injury as a result of the storms. However, it did not require a transfer to the hospital.

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Teen on moped hit by car after cruising through stop sign in Detroit

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10 hours ago

July 9, 2026

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Teen on moped hit by car after cruising through stop sign in Detroit

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DETROIT (FOX 2) – A 16-year-old moped driver was hospitalized after a crash on Detroit’s west side on Wednesday night.

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Detroit police say the teen disregarded a stop sign while going east on Vassar when he collided with a vehicle turning south on Outer Drive at about 9:30 p.m.

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The boy was taken to a nearby hospital where he is listed in critical condition. The driver of the car, a woman in her 30s, was not injured.

The Source: Information for this report is from Detroit police.

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Chickens, geese found at vacant home after nonprofit reports them stolen

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20 hours ago

July 9, 2026

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Chickens, geese found at vacant home after nonprofit reports them stolen

Chickens and geese that went missing from a local nonprofit’s Detroit site were found in the backyard of a nearby home, the director of operations said Wednesday.

The Full Circle Foundation, a Grosse Point Park-based nonprofit, said more than a dozen chickens and geese were believed stolen from a chicken coop on Detroit’s east side that also features the Full Circle Edible Garden.

The nonprofit provides training and job opportunities for young people with special needs.

Neighbors who learned from news reports about the missing flock found the “chickens were being held in the backyard of a vacant home not far from the Full Circle Edible Garden,” said Stephanie DiVirgil, director of operations. She said Ribbon Farm 4-H owns the flock.

“The homeowner was contacted, and she reached out to Full Circle to confirm,” said DiVirgil. “We were able to retrieve all of the chickens and geese that were found on the property, 19 in total.”

The foundation and Ribbon Farms 4-H are working to secure the site, including cameras, fencing and lights.

“We will likely start a fundraising campaign to have these items installed,” DiVirgil said. “We’ve gotten amazing support from the community, including offers to help pay for these additional security measures.”

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