Midtown Hit By Power Outage, Thousands Affected
A DTE Energy spokesperson tells WWJ that the fire happened around 8 p.m. at the Garfield substation, and roughly 3,000 customers have been affected.
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A DTE Energy spokesperson tells WWJ that the fire happened around 8 p.m. at the Garfield substation, and roughly 3,000 customers have been affected.
About 50 million people lost power Aug. 14, 2003, including all of metro Detroit. Are you prepared if it happens again?
Thunderstorms that moved through the region Monday night might have been brief, but caused plenty of problems.
It's going to be another busy weekend for DTE Energy crews. About 30,000 metro area customers are without power Sunday morning, following two waves of severe weather.
About 10,000 DTE Energy customers are without service Wednesday morning following heavy storms that rolled through the area overnight.
About 110,000 homes and businesses lost power during Thursday's storms, and officials say it could be several days before everyone is back in service.
Those who got to see the Blackhawks rally to beat the Bruins and win the Stanley Cup last night won't soon forget it, but unfortunately neither will those who didn't get to see the big win, after a strong, fast-moving storm knocked out power.
It's a slow go in metro Detroit Thursday morning after heavy rain overnight caused flooding on area freeways and knocked out power to several homes and businesses.
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DTE Energy is investigating two power outages which affected about 6,000 homes and businesses in Southeast Michigan.
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Highs Tuesday hover around 13 degrees, with the Accuweather RealFeel temp between 5-to-10 below.
DTE Energy officials say about 3,000 residents in metro Detroit are still without power Tuesday morning after high winds blew across the state this past weekend.
Making her way by candlelight and putting make-up on in the morning by flashlight, WWJ's Beth Fisher starts her day in a powerless house in Novi.
DTE Energy crews were working into the evening to restore electricity to a couple thousand customers who lost power after a fire at a substation.
DTE report just about 5,000 customers remained without power late Thursday morning.
About 40,000 homes and businesses in metro Detroit remain without power because of the high winds from the fringes of superstorm Sandy.
Authorities say an underground cable problem is causing a power outage for several parts of downtown Detroit Thursday morning.
Macomb Community College's center campus will remain closed until 5 p.m. Tuesday because of a power outage.
Some college students have an unexpected day off Monday, because of a power outage.
DTE tells WWJ that in order to fix the problem they need to shut off power to customers in the 13 Mile and Coolidge and Webster and Woodward areas.
The lights are slowly coming back on for residents in Dearborn, after an early morning power outage Friday left thousands in the dark.
The power is now back for the 340,000 DTE Energy customers who lost electric service during last week's strong storms.
Many homes in Oak Park and Ferndale are still without power, one of those that got the lights back on is Don Colbert in Ferndale but he doesn't feel out of the woods yet.
Utility crews will continue working through the weekend to restore electricity to thousands of homes and businesses without power following this week's severe thunderstorms.
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