More than 30,000 electric customers across the state were without power at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 19, after severe weather swept west to east across Michigan Monday afternoon, causing damage and outages.
A strong band of thunderstorms moved across Michigan Monday afternoon, with heavy rain, high winds and hail. Wind gusts up to 90 mph were reported in West Michigan by National Weather Service observers. A gust near Dundee was clocked at 81 mph.
At 4 p.m. Monday, 68,900 customers statewide were without power, according to Poweroutage.us, but as of 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, that number was almost cut in half — with 35,330 customers across all Michigan electric providers are without power.
Consumers Energy said it has restored power to more than 58,000 customers as crews worked through the night to repair infrastructure and restore power to customers.
“While we have made significant progress in our restoration efforts, we know our work is not finished,” Norm Kapala, vice president of grid operations. “Our crews are still in the field assessing damage, making repairs and restoring power to our customers. We will continue to monitor the forecast for additional severe weather and be ready to respond.
Outages Tuesday morning were clustered in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, with most reported in Clinton, Ionia, Barry, Van Buren, Saginaw and Gratiot counties. Outages included 25,020 Consumers Energy customers.
Saginaw County had more than 5,200 outages while Allegan had more than 4,400. Macomb County had 3,200 outages.
More storms are forecast for Michigan Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service said.
Depending on the electrical service you have, you can check the latest status of your power outage, how widespread the outage is, an estimated restoration time and more.
Most Michigan residents have Consumers Energy or DTE Energy, but some regions in Michigan use other services; many of those are also listed below.
Where are the outages now?
Counties in Michigan with the most power outages as of 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 19:
DTE power outage map
Use DTE Energy’s power outage map here.
Report any outage or downed line here.
Consumers Energy power outage map
Use Consumers Energy’s power outage map here. You can report downed power lines by calling 800-477-5050.
Indiana Michigan Power outage map
Use Indiana Michigan Power’s power outage map here. A small number of southwest Michigan residents, near the Indiana border, use this service. For help, call 800-311-4634.
Great Lakes Power outage map
Use Great Lakes Power’s power outage map here. To report an outage, call 888-485-2537.
Midwest Energy Cooperative power outage map
Use Midwest Energy Cooperative’s power outage map here. A small number of southwest Michigan residents, including near Kalamazoo, use this service. For help, call 800-492-5989.
Lansing Board of Water and Light power outage map
Use Lansing Board of Water and Light’s power outage map here. A small number of customers in the Lansing area use this service. To report an outage, call 877-295-5001 or go to its website.
Wisconsin Electric Power Company power outage map
Use Wisconsin Electric Power Company’s outage map here. Several customers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula use the service. Report power outages and downed wires by calling 800-662-4797.
Lansing Board of Water and Light power outage map
Use Presque Isle Electric & Gas Cooperative’s outage map here. Several customers in the northeast Lower Peninsula use the service. Report power outages and downed wires by calling 800-423-6634 or 989-733-8515.
Is your service not listed here?
Use poweroutage.us to see other Michigan services and whether there are updates in your area.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: 30K without power. Where lights are out in Michigan
Reporting by Jalen Williams, USA TODAY NETWORK / Detroit Free Press
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