Power nearly fully restored in Mid-Michigan after high winds cause outages - MLive.com
Power nearly fully restored in Mid-Michigan after high winds cause outages - mlive.com
Power has been restored to thousands of people impacted by an outage after trees and power lines were ripped down by high winds throughout Mid-Michigan.
About 50,000 customers of Consumers Energy were impacted by outages on Saturday, Dec. 9, caused by high winds.
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Those still without power – about 1,000 people, mostly in the Midland area – are expected to have power restored by 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10, according to Consumers Energy’s outage map.
A wind advisory issued Saturday morning by the National Weather Service warned wind gusts could reach up to 50 mph in some parts of the state and power outages were possible.
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