- At least six people have died after tornadoes struck Michigan and Oklahoma, with severe storms continuing across the Central United States.
- In Michigan, three fatalities and 12 injuries occurred in Branch County, while another person died in Cass County, prompting Governor Gretchen Whitmer to activate the state's emergency operations centre.
- A mother and her teenage daughter were killed in Major County, Oklahoma, when a tornado hit their car.
- The National Weather Service issued tornado watches for Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa on Friday night.
- Extreme thunderstorms are forecast to affect areas from southern Texas to western Tennessee and northwestern Alabama on Saturday, with severe weather potentially persisting into next week.
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