More than 200,000 still without power after Michigan storm

DETROIT - It could take several more days before electrical service resumes for all of the remaining 211,000 Michigan homes and businesses still powerless after a storm that generated 75 mile-per-hour winds, blacked out 452,000 homes and businesses and claimed the life of a suburban Detroit man.

Detroit-based DTE Energy Co. says 200,000 of its 2.1 million customers were still powerless at midday Sunday, down from 375,000 hit by Friday night's storm. DTE says full restoration probably will take until Tuesday or Wednesday.

Jackson-based CMS Energy Corp. says about 11,000 customers remain without power at midday Sunday, down from 77,000 affected. It says most will have power back Sunday night but some may take till Tuesday.

Warren police say a man was electrocuted in his yard in the Detroit suburb Friday night.

Scott Simons, DTE Energy spokesman, told CBS Detroit: "We didn't anticipate the magnitude of this storm." The largest storm was back in 1991, when 684,000 customers experienced power outages.

Simons said the storm system was gigantic, causing severe damage across their entire southeastern Michigan service area. He said it was the 10th largest storm in the company's more than 100-year history, in terms of outages, and one of the strongest to hit the area this year.