Some residents in Howell spent the day cleaning up debris after Saturday afternoon's storm left a trail of destruction.

Fortunately, no injuries have been reported.

"The storm came through and I heard this big, cracking sound and it sound like the tree hit the house," Mark Smet, a Howell resident, said.

While Smet's house was spared a direct hit, large branches were scattered across his front lawn.

"Went right across the front yard, had this one, one in the street here one across the street there," Smet said.

The historic Howell Opera House on West Grand River Avenue suffered damage when a window was blown out during the storm.

"I was really shocked because that window has been here for 100 years and it was shocking," Gayle Down, board member of the Livingston Art Council, said.

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