MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) – The fast-moving storms brought heavy rain and strong winds knocking out power and trees with dark skies and bands of rain making hard to drive.
Josef Smith was caught by surprise at work when the weather turned severe.
“I got a call from the wife out here in Shelby Township and she said there was a storm coming through and she sounded scared,” he said.
Smith packed up and started heading home and then found out why she was a little frightened.
“There was (tree) limbs down everywhere,” he said. “And once I pulled onto Lakeshore Drive, I started noticing bigger trees, bigger limbs. On my way out of there I got stuck in the neighborhoods because everywhere you turned there was a tree down in the street blocking your way.”
Clean up was well underway as FOX 2 made our way south from Shelby Township to St. Clair Shores …
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