GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — At 8:38 p.m. Thursday, severe thunderstorms were located all across Kent County and surrounding counties.
Winds reached over 60 mph with severe lightning and quarter-sized hail.
As of Friday morning, Consumers Energy reported over 180,000 customers without power. A majority of the outages appear to be in Kent and Ionia counties, as well as southeast Michigan.
Get up-to-date power outage information and restoration times from Consumers Energy at ConsumersEnergy.com/OutageMap.
Consumers Energy says that they are working around the clock to restore power as quickly as possible. They are asking people to stay at least 25 feet away from downed power lines and report them by calling consumers energy at 1-800-477-5050.
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