As winter weather continues to batter much of the country, significant power outages were reported, particularly in the Midwest. In Michigan, more than 681,000 customers were left in the dark Thursday morning.
According to outage tracker PowerOutage.US, Michigan saw more power outages than any other state as of 8:20 a.m. ET Thursday – followed by over 84,000 outages reported in Illinois and more than 58,000 outages seen in Wisconsin.
More than 100,000 outages were reported in Oakland County, and nearly 200,000 in Wayne County, home of Detroit, per USA TODAY Network’s power outage tracker.
More than 80% of energy customers – roughly 18,000 homes and businesses – were in the dark in Hillsdale County, located in southern Michigan near the Ohio border.
Much of Michigan, particularly the northern part of the state and Upper Peninsula, remained under winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories on Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
See a tracker of power outages in Michigan below.
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Michigan power outage tracker
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Contributing: Frank Witsil and Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press.
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