>> ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU SOON. NOW TO THOSE COMMUNITIES ACROSS MICHIGAN, CLEANUP IN THE WAKE OF SEVERAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMING AT LEAST 4 TWISTERS HIT SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE ON TUESDAY EVENING. JULIE DUNNE, MEYER WAS SCRIPPSNEWS. GRAND RAPIDS IS LIVE FOR U.S.. IMPORTERS TONIGHT WITH A LOOK AT HOW THE CITY CONTINUES TO PICK UP THE PIECES FOLLOWING THAT DEVASTATING STORM. WE SEE ALL THAT DAMAGE BEHIND YOU. JULIE. >> YEAH, BRIAN, IT IS JUST DEVASTATING HERE IN PORTAGE WHICH IS NEAR KALAMAZOO, ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE AS ROSEVILLE IN METRO DETROIT. TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE, THIS WAS SOMEONE'S BEDROOM AND JUST A SMALL GLIMPSE OF THE DAMAGE THAT WE'VE SEEN. WE'VE LEARNED 100 HOMES, ROUGHLY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN 100 FAMILIES DISPLACED ORANGE POLICE WAS GOING DOOR TO DOOR KNOCKING YESTERDAY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE OK AND THAT THEY WERE SAFE. NO ONE DIED. AND THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS THAT THE TAKE AWAY THAT EVERYONE'S BEEN SAYING REPEATEDLY THE LAST FEW DAYS, PORTAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS BEEN CLOSED OVER THE LAST 3 DAYS. BUT MUCH OF THE MAIN ROADS THROUGHOUT PORTAGE HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY BLOCKED. IT'S BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO GET AROUND THE CITY. THE CITY HAS BEEN A COMPLETE MESS. AS YOU CAN SEE, EXTENSIVE, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, THESE TOWN HOMES, EACH USED TO HOUSE 4 DIFFERENT UNITS. SO MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT A PLACE TO STAY RIGHT NOW, I DON'T TALKED TO WAS MANAGING IN THE MEANTIME, BUT VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR LIVES, LIVING SITUATION FOR A THE PERMIT, MORE PERMANENT FUTURE. >> AND UNDERSTANDABLY SO. JULIE, YOU MENTIONED THOSE DOZENS OF HOMES THAT WERE DESTROYED, DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE EVERYWHERE, AS WE CAN SEE AS WELL. HOW LONG IS THE CLEANUP EXPECTED TO TAKE? >> YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE FIRST QUESTION. I ASKED THE MAYOR YESTERDAY WHEN I SPOKE TO HER AND THERE IS NO DEFINITIVE TIMELINE. I DON'T THINK THAT THE RAIN TODAY HELPED ANYONE. IT CAME TO CLEANING UP. BUT THERE IS NO DETERMINATION. MANY OF THE MAIN ROADS HERE IN PORTAGE ARE STILL BLOCKED OFF. BRIAN. >> AND JULIE USE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TALKING TO PEOPLE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SOME OF THEM HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES. OF COURSE. WHAT IS THE ONE STORY OR MAYBE THE ONE THING THAT HAS SURPRISED YOU OR STOOD OUT TO THE MOST IN ALL THIS. >> YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOOD ESPECIALLY IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS LIKE THIS ONE. I SPOKE TO A WOMAN EARLIER TODAY SAID THAT HERE IN TOWN HOME HER NEIGHBOR'S STORE AND ACTUALLY WEATHERED THE STORM IN HER NEIGHBOR'S BASEMENT IN ORDER TO STAY SAFE. THOSE STORIES, OUR COMMON HERE IN PORTAGE, ANOTHER WOMAN WHO I SPOKE TO SAID HER HUSBAND ACTUALLY ONE AROUND AND TURNED OFF THE GAS LINES IN THIS TOWN HOME COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO NO ISSUES WITH THAT. SO PEOPLE JUST STEPPING UP TO HELP ONE ANOTHER OUT. YEAH. SEEMS THE WORST ALWAYS BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE AND TO LEAD ON MIR WITH SCRIPPSNEWS GRAND RAPIDS MEYER. OTHERS ARE CHILLY. BRING US THE LATEST ON THE CLEANUP EFFORTS IN PORTAGE FOLLOWING TUESDAY'S TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS THAT YOU HAVE TO JOIN. THANK YOU. >> AND IT'S A GOOD THING TO SEE BEHIND HER. THAT TOWNHOME. THE FIRST FLOOR WAS ALL INTACT RIGHT? AND THE SECOND FLOOR, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DAMAGED THE INTO. IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THOSE BEDROOMS, A POINT OUT THE CLOSET SPACE BACK BEHIND IN THE HALLWAY IN THE MIDDLE WAS STILL INTACT. THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS TELL YOU. INTERIOR PORTION OF THE HOUSE LOWEST LEVEL POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD IS 135 MILES PER HOUR. WINDS WITH DRIER
