Grand Blanc, Michigan

On January 1, 2024, the winning ticket for the first [[Powerball]] lottery of the new year was sold at Food Castle, a food and liquor store in Grand Blanc. The $842.4 million jackpot represented the [[Lottery jackpot records|fifth-largest]] in Powerball history and the tenth-largest jackpot ever in U.S. lottery history at the time of the drawing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murdoch |first=Robin |date=2024-01-02 |title=Winning Powerball jackpot ticket worth $842 million sold at Michigan food store |url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/winning-powerball-jackpot-ticket-worth-824-million-sold-at-michigan-food-store |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=FOX 2 Detroit |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102121932/https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/winning-powerball-jackpot-ticket-worth-824-million-sold-at-michigan-food-store |url-status=live }}</ref>

On January 1, 2024, the winning ticket for the first [[Powerball]] lottery of the new year was sold at Food Castle, a food and liquor store in Grand Blanc. The $842.4 million jackpot represented the [[Lottery jackpot records|fifth-largest]] in Powerball history and the tenth-largest jackpot ever in U.S. lottery history at the time of the drawing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murdoch |first=Robin |date=2024-01-02 |title=Winning Powerball jackpot ticket worth $842 million sold at Michigan food store |url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/winning-powerball-jackpot-ticket-worth-824-million-sold-at-michigan-food-store |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=FOX 2 Detroit |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102121932/https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/winning-powerball-jackpot-ticket-worth-824-million-sold-at-michigan-food-store |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the early morning hours of February 28, 2024, an EF2 tornado touched down with winds reaching 115&nbsp;mph, and a peak width of around 450 yards. The tornado started near Creasy Bicentennial Park damaging trees and outbuildings before reaching the Waretech Industrial Park at the intersection of Dort Highway and Reid Road. The warehouse was completely destroyed among other businesses and houses that received structural damage within the Indian Hill neighborhood region and Saginaw Road.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56lVN4Iu06E | title=Grand Blanc, MI. EF2 Tornado: Drone Video of Industrial Building Damage #tornadodamage | website=[[YouTube]] | date=March 3, 2024 }}</ref>

In the early morning of February 28, 2024, an EF2 tornado touched down with winds reaching 115&nbsp;mph, and a peak width of around 450 yards. The tornado started near Creasy Bicentennial Park damaging trees and outbuildings before reaching the Waretech Industrial Park at the intersection of Dort Highway and Reid Road. The warehouse was completely destroyed among other businesses and houses that received structural damage within the Indian Hill neighborhood region and Saginaw Road.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56lVN4Iu06E | title=Grand Blanc, MI. EF2 Tornado: Drone Video of Industrial Building Damage #tornadodamage | website=[[YouTube]] | date=March 3, 2024 }}</ref>

The tornado lifted over Perry Road and had a total path length of 5.7 miles. This was the strongest tornado to ever strike Grand Blanc, and extremely rare given the nighttime strike as well as the February occurrence.

The tornado lifted over Perry Road and had a total path length of 5.7 miles. This was the strongest tornado to ever strike Grand Blanc, and extremely rare given the nighttime strike as well as the February occurrence.