Nearly a million Michigan households lose power -- Why does this keep happening?
DETROIT – Nearly one million Michigan households were without power Thursday after severe storms blew through the Midwest.
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Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois all saw outages, but Michigan seems to have been hit the hardest, having more than 10 times the outages than the other states.
At its peak in Wisconsin, the state had 63,000 customers without power. Illinois and Indiana peaked at about 30,000 each. Ohio peaked at 62,000. Michigan, however, peaked at 864,000 customers without power on as temperatures soar on one of the hottest days of the year.
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Metro Detroit weather: No storms before midnight, but more afterward
After a soggy morning with historic rainfall (2.73 inches is a new daily record), Thursday afternoon and evening will be warm and muggy minus much thunderstorm activity. But we are not out of the woods yet because more overnight showers and storms are on the way.
Click here to read the full forecast.
4 Fast Facts
- New census data released on Thursday could change Michigan’s political landscape. Click here to read more.
- Residents in Dearborn Heights are frustrated after the latest bout of flooding, less than a month after the last time the area flooded. Click here to read more.
- Although the flooding was not as bad as the June storms, many homeowners experienced water in their basements and neighborhood again from Detroit to St. Clair Shores. Click here to read more.
- Hospitals across the country are facing dangerously low supplies of blood. Click here to read more.
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