NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU)– On April 3, 1956, one of the strongest tornadoes in Michigan history swept across northern Michigan, killing one person and injuring several others.
The tornado began near Bear Lake in Manistee County.
According to the National Weather Service, the tornado started around 7:50 p.m. on US-31 and moved into Benzie County near Walker Road.
The tornado killed one person and injured three others on Cinder Road in Benzie County as the people were blown apart by the tornado.
The Tornado then crossed US-31, two miles east of Honor.
Summer cottages along Lake Ann were torn apart by the tornado, and some of them were tossed onto the ice-covered lake, NWS says.
The tornado injured several people as it wiped out the small settlement of Cedar Run, which is about nine miles west of Traverse City, NWS says.
As the tornado moved from Solon to south of Suttons Bay in Leelanau County, the tornado hit several farms, NWS says.
NWS says the Tornado moved off land and over Grand Traverse Bay. People then began the recovery process.
