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Elissa Slotkin: “We've had the highest number of tornadoes on record in 2025…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Slotkin's Weekly Intel Briefing: War in Iran, Tornadoes in SW Michigan, and Kristi Noem Departure

Published | Video Starts at 08:09

Usually tornadoes hit in the summer and it was the deadliest tornado we've had in the state of Michigan since 1980. And We've had the highest number of tornadoes on record in 2025 since 2001. So we're certainly seeing an uptick and this is costing Michiganders. Before 2021, tornadoes would cost a few million dollars in damages every year in the state of Michigan. (08:09–08:17)

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Asserts that 2025 had the highest number of tornadoes on record in Michigan since 2001.

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