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PHOTOS: Dexter Tornado Causes Heavy Damage to Homes

The tornado damaged more than 100 homes in this Southeast Michigan community. Upload your photos of storm damage here.

More than 100 homes were significantly damaged Thursday after a tornado struck down in this Southeast Michigan community. Thirteen homes were totally destroyed.

The worst hit areas, , were the Carriage Hills and Huron Farms neighborhoods of Dexter. Huron Farms resident Sharon Carty said there "was disaster everywhere" Thursday night. She shared her account of the tornado in  for Patch and provided the photos in the gallery above to illustrate the impact it had on her neighbors.

Schools are closed and in the area. There have yet to be any serious injuries reported, , part of the Saline, MI, Fire Department crew that assisted in Dexter Thursday night.

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Still, Hoeft was amazed by the damage.

"I've been doing this for 32 years and I can't say I've ever seen anything like that before," he said. "It's devastating what Mother Nature can do."

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