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Power restored to nearly 1,600 in Mid-Michigan Tuesday evening

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JACKSON, Mich. (WILX) -

UPDATE: Consumers Energy reports power was restored around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night. It is still unknown what caused the outage.

Around 1,600 Consumers Energy customers are without power Tuesday evening.

At least four outages have been reported in the Jackson area via the Consumers Energy Outage map.

Jackson power outage(Consumers Energy)

In Leslie, a series of outages has knocked out power for approximately 600 residents.

Leslie outage(Consumers Energy)

It’s unclear what caused this specific set of outages, Consumers Energy told News 10, but that “Wind gusts are causing some power outages.”

“We have dispatched a crew to determine the cause and make repairs,” a spokesperson said.

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