Tornadoes swept through several midwestern cities Friday leaving destruction and devastation in their wakes as a massive system tore through the area.

Tornado touches down in Minnesota while historic flooding threatens Wisconsin A confirmed tornado tore through near Rochester, MN. It comes as Michigan and Wisconsin are dealing with severe flooding.

Five tornadoes were confirmed in Illinois during Friday's storms by the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service confirmed three tornadoes touched down in Winnebago County, including in Pecatonica,

The NWS confirmed six tornadoes touched down in southeast Wisconsin on Friday. The most powerful were near Delavan and the Milwaukee-Racine county line. Tornadoes were confirmed elsewhere in the area earlier in the week.

Officials say more than 100 homes were damaged and one person was injured in a "significant tornado outbreak" across Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa on Friday.

And this wasn’t even the first big tornado outbreak of the year. Severe weather in March triggered 4 tornado touchdowns that injured dozens and killed four people. Michigan usually averages 13 to 15 tornadoes a year,

The spring, so far, has brought a mix of weather to Michigan: downpours, thundershowers, tornadoes, unseasonable heat — and now snow.

Wisconsin capped off a week of severe weather with another round of thunderstorms, hail, flooding and over a dozen confirmed tornadoes on Friday, April 17. As severe thunderstorms spread across the state,