Rare northern Michigan tornado kills one person and injures more than 40

At least one person has been killed and more than 40 injured after a rare northern Michigan tornado battered a small town (John Flesher/AP)

At least one person has been killed and more than 40 injured after a rare northern Michigan tornado battered a small town.

The twister hit Gaylord, a city of about 4,200 people roughly 230 miles (370 kilometres) northwest of Detroit, at around 3.45pm local time on Friday.