An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujita_scale" id="mwAQc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fujita scale">F3 tornado</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Kalamazoo_tornado" id="mwAQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1980 Kalamazoo tornado">hits</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamazoo_County,_Michigan" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kalamazoo County, Michigan">Kalamazoo County, Michigan</a>. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> declares it a federal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster_area" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Disaster area">disaster area</a>.