the residential area in dexter village, lifted up and drops back down into a second residential area, um n dexter township. so we had two primary residential areas that were struck. jenna: wow. the description of it, it sounds like such a scary event. have you ever been through something like this? we hear it s relatively rare in the area. again, this is, i ve been talking to deputies who have been around here a lot longer than i, and it s unprecedented for us in this part of michigan, especially in march. you know, unseasonably warm weather, but to have a storm of this magnitude is fairly rare. jenna: derek jackson, thank you so much, we appreciate your time. best of luck to you. thank you very much. jon: u.s. intelligence raising new concerns about cyber warfare. the successful attack on iran s nuclear program involving the stuxnet virus means the same code used against the iranians could be reformulated and turned against the united states and
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lee. happening now, emergency crews are assessing the widespread damage, the tornadoes ripping through a very small community packing hail and heavy rain and strong winds. more than a hundred homes were hit in this area knocking down trees, power lines and sparking fires and floods as well. thankfully, no one was killed or injured according to the last report. for the very latest, derek jackson joins us, a spokesman with the county s sheriff s office. and, sir, is that still the case, no injuries, no deaths? yeah. we ve been very fortunate here. no serious injuries, some scratches and bruises and, obviously, some folks are very, very shaken,bu point. jenna: where were you when this happened? i m sorry, what was that? jenna: where were you, were you in the area? not at the time, no, i was trying to get out here on the western border of our county. jenna: we re looking at lye pictures now live pictures, and you can see, again, we mentioned about 100 homes have been damaged or d
of them on the center of our screen look pretty much completely destroyed. what kind of damage are you assessing at this time? well, right now we re still going in and just looking at structural damage, how many homes are actually destroyed or unsafe to occupy, a lot of homeowners, obviously, want to get in there and get their personal belongings. and right now we have work crews going through house by house and just assessing the structural integrity of the buildings to see if it s okay for families to go back into those homes. jenna: we hope as many as possible can go back. you said you were working your way towards the area. tell us a little bit about when the storm came through, what kind of warning did folks have? well, so right around 5:30 p.m. yesterday we had sightings of our first funnel cloud here in the county, and shortly thereafter confirmed sights of it actually touching down. you may have seen some of the kind of amateur video that s all on the internet right now, fo