The storms Wednesday, however, lowered the temperature highs, at least for Thursday, to the mid-80s, down from the mid-90s. So far this year, four weak tornadoes have hit the state, and last week hail as big as a fist landed in Davison. The good news, forecasters said, is that no hail or tornadoes touchdowns were reported.
There also was some flooding in Muskegon, and the threat of flooding, with more showers forecasted Friday, lingering in metro Detroit. Wind gusts of up to 70 mph in some areas felled trees, crushed homes, damaged cars and took out utility lines.
Initial repair estimates from DTE executives were that it could take "a few days."Ĭonsumers Energy has about 18,000 customers without power, and DTE has about 182,000, more than 8% of all its electric customers. And the state’s two largest utilities - DTE Energy and Consumers Energy - are scrambling to repair lines after storms blew across the lower half of the state. Now for the cleanup, power restoration - and heat.Ībout 200,000 utility customers across Michigan are without power as of noon Thursday.
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