Thousands Still Without Power After Storms Hit Southeast Michigan

DETROIT, MI — More than 100,000 households across southeast Michigan are still without power Sunday afternoon as storms ravaged the area late Saturday night and into Sunday morning.

DTE Energy said 72,746 customers in their service area had their power out as of 11 p.m. Sunday, accounting for a little more than 3 percent of those the energy company serves. More than 200 crews were in the field working to restore service at the time, DTE Energy said.

The energy company shared a video on how it works to restore power after a widespread outage like the one that went on for hours Sunday.

Securing downed power lines and other safety hazards is the first step in our power restoration plan. Watch this video to see our full plan for how we restore your power: pic.twitter.com/qChiEZQBd2
— DTE_Energy (@DTE_Energy) July 25, 2021

The National Weather Service in Detroit confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down in White Lake Township, where a state of emergency has been declared. One person was injured, according to a WXYZ report, as winds reached up to 100 miles per hour. WXYZ earlier reported on Twitter that a cooling center has been set up to help those in the area still without power and dealing with hot temperatures throughout the day Sunday.

Homes and businesses in Armada sustained damage due to the tornado, including one business that had its roof completely taken off, Click on Detroit reported.

Isaac Polanski, a weather spotter who called in a tornado, captured a photo of one north of the Detroit area, east of Port Austin. It wasn't confirmed whether the tornado was the same one that struck down in White Lake Township.