MICHIGAN, USA — Tuesday afternoon strong storms made their way across Lake Michigan, battering communities across the state with strong winds and heavy rainfall.
Shortly after 9 p.m., consumers shared an update saying the total amount of customers affected by the outage was over 161,000. The areas with the most outages were north and northeast of Grand Rapids as well as north of Mount Pleasant.
Consumers also said that they had over 300 crews working to restore power.
“We care about the customers we serve and understand the hardship of being without power with high temperatures. The state was slammed by a severe storm, with growing intensity, across the state knocking out power, trees and power lines to several communities,” said Norm Kapala, one of Consumers Energy’s Officers in Charge for restoration. “Crews are moving into position and will work through the night to restore power, focusing on assessing damage and restoration of critical customers first, ensuring we can get the lights back on for our customers.”
The National Weather Service Grand Rapids reported that wind speeds were up to 60 mph and there was possible hail.
13 ON YOUR SIDE viewers sent in photos and storm reports of traffic delays due to trees and power lines being downed, especially in the Muskegon area.
Storm photos in Michigan 8/27
To check the latest updates on the Consumers Outage map you can check it at consumersenergy.com/outagemap.
