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      <title>United Way of Southwest Michigan to send more funds to local branches helping with tornado recovery</title>
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      <description>The group said these funds will go to local branches helping the hardest hit areas by Friday's tornadoes and storms, like St. Joseph County United Way, which has been helping Three Rivers residents recover.</description>
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      <title>One year later, Pavilion Estate tornado victims continue to face hardship</title>
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      <description>It's been a year since a tornado destroyed dozens of homes in Kalamazoo County and damaged hundreds more. A mobile home park in Pavilion Township took some of the worst damage. But even after a year, some residents are still living in damaged homes, and others never got to move back in.</description>
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      <title>FEMA completes tornado damage assessment of Kalamazoo County</title>
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      <description>FEMA finds over 500 residential properties impacted by the May 7 tornado in Kalamazoo County.</description>
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      <title>Tornado hits Gaylord; significant damage and injuries reported</title>
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      <description>The City of Gaylord in Northern Michigan was hit by a tornado just before 4 o'clock this afternoon.</description>
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