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DR-6-MIDRTornado

Tornado

Major Disaster Declaration for Michigan, declared Jun 9, 1953, statewide.

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Declaration
DR-6-MI
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
Michigan
Incident type
Tornado
Declared
Jun 9, 1953
Requested
Jun 9, 1953 · request 53007
Incident began
Jun 9, 1953
Incident ended
Jun 9, 1953
Incident period
1 day
Closed out
Mar 30, 1956
Fiscal year
1953
FEMA region
Region 5

Designated areas

The declaration covers the whole of Michigan (statewide designation).

Other declarations for the same event

DeclaredNumberTitleHazardStateAreasPrograms
Jun 11, 1953 DR-7-MA Tornado Tornado MAstatewideIAPAHM
Jun 2, 1953 DR-4-MI Tornado Tornado MIstatewideIAPAHM