The National Weather Service in Tulsa has conducted their surveys of eight damage paths associated with tornadoes that formed on Friday evening.

After the deadly tornadoes that struck Southwest Michigan on March 6, many people have been asking an important question: why wasn’t a tornado watch issued before the storms arrived?

Authorities have identified another victim killed when tornadoes ripped through southwest Michigan last week. William Andrew Akers was 63, the Branch County Sheriff's Office said in a statement on Monday.

Whitmer's office questioned whether the lack of a tornado watch alert could be attributed to funding cutbacks at the National Weather Service.