On Thursday, June 8th, almost seventy years ago, a black funnel cloud so large it tinged the sky green arrived in the little community of Beecher. In its wake, it left 116 dead, over 800 injured, and $215 million worth of damages. On this week’s episode, we take a look at Michigan’s Flint Beecher tornado–one of the most destructive natural disasters to have occurred in Michigan.

 

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