Power line repairs across Michigan could take days; high heat, more storms in forecast

(Detroit Free Press) Now for the cleanup, power restoration — and heat.

About 178,000 utility customers across Michigan are without power as of 6:30 a.m. Thursday. 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. Initial repair estimates from DTE executives were that it could take "a few days."

Consumers Energy has about 23,000 customers without power, and DTE has more than 155,000.

The severe weather left a mess. Wind gusts of up to 70 mph in some areas felled trees, crushed homes, damaged cars and took out utility lines. There also was some flooding in Muskegon, and the threat of flooding, with more showers forecasted Friday, lingering in metro Detroit. ................(more)

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