Thousands In Southeast Michigan Lose Power After Wednesday Storms

DETROIT, MI — More than 137,000 DTE Energy customers in Southeast Michigan were still without power as of 6 a.m. Thursday after a major rain and thunderstorm, with wind gusts up to 60mph, moved through the state late Wednesday.

The energy company said high winds and rain caused excessive tree damage, which brought down tree branches and resulted in power outages to around 227,000 customers across the company's service territory in east and southeast Michigan.

The company said more than 1,000 field resources were activated Thursday morning, including 400 out of state crews to help restore power to those impacted.

"Public safety is always a priority, so our teams remain in the field working with police and fire to respond to hundreds of downed power lines caused by the winds that accompanied the storm yesterday and through the night," the company said in a statement.

The company said it expects to have all customers restored by Saturday, with the majority of customers seeing their power restored by Friday evening.

Outside southeast Michigan, Consumers Energy said it also saw an abundance of customers without power due to the storms. The company said over 240,000 customers had lost power. As of 4:30 a.m. Thursday, that number had lessened to 151,000.

The company said it had about 230 crews working to restore power.