Atlas News

Residents looking for a place to get rid of their new or expired prescription drugs may head to Atlas Township Hall this month.

This coming Saturday, volunteers from across Michigan will be converging on Atlas Township to help cleanup yards and homes damaged from last week's tornado.

Tom and Ashlee Mahaffy's home was totaled by a tornado Tuesday night at the 7400 block of Gale Road in Atlas Township.

The quartet of tornadoes that hit Genesee County on Tuesday night caused about $2.5 million in damage and affected more than 130 structures, Sheriff Robert Pickell said on Friday.

There's no rhyme nor reason behind the outbreak of twisters that ripped into the area Tuesday, experts say.

The tornado that cut a narrow path through the township Tuesday night seemed to unfairly single out Tom and Ashlee Mahaffy's home near Goodrich, destroying it in a flash without harming other homes just a few steps away.

A National Weather Service meteorologist has confirmed that a tornado swept through a narrow stretch of South Gale Road Tuesday night and said most of the heavy damage in the county was likely caused by small twisters as well.

A tornado touched down in Goodrich shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday night, destroying a house in Atlas Township and downed power lines forcing the closure of Hegel Road, police in Goodrich said.