Today one of our sister papers, The Oakland Press of southeastern Michigan, reported a storm Sunday with winds that nearly reached tornado strength.

It added:

In addition to property damage, a Rochester Hills family was searching for their 3-pound Chihuahua, Tinker Bell, which was lifted up and blown away by the winds on Saturday afternoon.(Tinker Bell is pictured above care of The Oakland Press.)

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-- Sandra M. Klepach, SKlepach@News-Herald.com