EDWARDSBURG, Mich -- The Cass County Emergency Coordinator tells ABC57 tornados are happening more often in Michiana, and the focus is how to better prepare for these natural disasters.
Manny Delarosa, Cass County emergency coordinator said Friday evening.
"Unfortunately, this has been happening for the last four years straight where we've had some straight-line winds, tornados significant to the point where I'm coming out, the Red Cross is coming out. Seems to be happening a lot more frequent, unfortunately," Cass County Emergency Coordinator, Manny Delarosa explained.
"We have been looking at this for the last several years, and do we need to improve our plans? Do we need to make some adjustments? How can we be better prepared? We're getting there and this response today has been actually very well.," he continued.
The American Red Cross was in Edwardsburg Friday afternoon helping to assess damage and going door to door speaking with the people who were impacted and checking to see whether they need to relocate. While these professionals are prepared for this type of situation, one Cass County woman was left shaken up when she learned about what happened from her son.
"We just finished a follow up with my foot and I called my son, and he's like 'mom, we just had a tornado' and I'm like, are you okay? Is everybody okay? And he said, 'yeah,'" Kelly Andrews shared.
"Norma and Donna lost a garage. There are trees down everywhere," Andrews' son told her.
"My husband and I just took off and came home. I'm just glad that my kids are okay and my neighbors are okay. It's just unbelievable." said Andrews.
The Cass County Emergency Coordinator says if there's anyone who needs assistance, call 1-800 RED CROSS or 1-800-733-2767. You can open up a ticket, and they can help you find resources.