Storms blast Michigan; power outages for nearly 160,000 - Crain's Detroit Business
Storms blast Michigan; power outages for nearly 160,000 | Crain's Detroit Business
Severe thunderstorms struck Michigan on Wednesday, uprooting trees, downing branches and power lines and cutting electricity to 190,000 customers as of Thursday morning, utilities and others reported.
DTE Energy Co. reported roughly 168,000 customers without power as of about 9 a.m., and Consumers Energy Co. reported about 22,000 without service.
The National Weather Service reported trees and tree limbs had fallen in the Detroit area, Ann Arbor and other locations across southern Michigan.
DTE's outage map showed outages across its service territory, with the heaviest concentrations of outages in Ann Arbor and western Wayne County.
The city of Ann Arbor warned residents to stay out of the Huron River in the city because of downed power lines in the water.
The weather service measured a 67 mph wind gust in Romulus.
— Crain's Detroit Business contributed to this report.
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