Massive tree crashes into a Kalamazoo family’s home during Monday storm

A Kalamazoo family is displaced after a massive tree uprooted during a Monday storm and tore through their home, narrowly missing the homeowner and leaving their cat missing.

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‘It’s heartbreaking’: Massive tree crashes into a Kalamazoo family’s home during Monday storm

The tree tore through the roof of the house on Lay Boulevard, leaving severe structural damage and potentially damaging a gas line.

Homeowner Jarrod Bailey was inside the house when the tree fell, saying he felt the whole house shake.

“I was actually on the stairs when the tree fell,” Bailey said. “My daughter instantly froze and started screaming. My son freaked out.”

During the collapse, Bailey says he was grazed by a tree branch…

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