Thousands still without power around Michigan Sunday after heavy weekend winds

Thousands of Michiganders were still without power early Sunday after heavy winds continued to sweep through the region this weekend.

Roughly 3,500 customers of Great Lakes Energy in Northwest Michigan were still without power as of 10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 16, after outages were reported across 18 counties in the company’s Lower Peninsula service area.

According to a GLE news release, Lake and Newaygo counties were the most affected. The energy company reported sending line crews out late Saturday, March 15, to restore power to more than 2,000 customers, though roughly 6,000 remained without power as of early Sunday.

DTE Energy had hundreds without power on its online outage map across its Southeastern Michigan service area.

Power was still interrupted for 7,800, or less than a percent of its customers by mid-Sunday morning. Most locations with multiple customers out were clustered around Metro Detroit.

Power outages similarly remained scattered around southern, middle and western regions of the state for customers of Consumers Energy. There were 737 outages, and 19,200 customers affected, according to the company’s outage map.

Only a few outages were reported across the state’s Upper Peninsula.

Presque Isle Energy and Gas reported 154 outages in Montmorency County, 148 in Alcona County, and a few dozen others in Alpena, Cheboygan, Oscoda and Presque Isle counties.