DTE Energy: 90% of customers affected by ice storm will have power by Friday night
DTE Energy said 90 percent of power will be restored by Friday night to the more than 500,000 customers left in the dark due to this week's ice storm.
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DTE Energy said 90 percent of power will be restored by Friday night to the more than 500,000 customers left in the dark due to this week's ice storm.
Meals are available on a first come, first served basis, for those in need of a hot meal.
The Dearborn Public School District announced several schools are closed Friday due to power outages.
The City of Dearborn will be distributing free dry ice to residents after Wednesday's ice storm left thousands in Michigan without power.
As thousands of customers in Michigan are still without power following Wednesday's ice storm, several communities have opened warming centers for residents to use.
Dearborn Police and Fire hand out free bags of dry ice to residents without power one day after ice storm.
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Crews worked around the clock Thursday to get their lights back, clearing downed trees and power lines which closed many streets throughout Lenawee County.
DTE Energy believes some of the 485,000 customers who lost power will be in the dark until Sunday.
Michigan State Police is reminding residents to use caution after the winter storm brought wind, ice, snow, power outages and downed power lines to several areas throughout the state.
Strong winds in Metro Detroit on Feb. 15 left more than 10,000 DTE customers without power.
Some people are still without power as of Friday night, but DTE Energy said crews will work through the holiday weekend until power is restored to everyone.
DTE Energy officials held a press conference to answer questions and discuss its storm response following severe weather.
More than 400,000 customers across Michigan and Indiana lost power Monday, utilities reported, as severe thunderstorms packing winds as high as 60 mph hour (96 kilometers per hour) raked the region.
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Thousands are still without power after a wind advisory in effect for southeast Michigan.
Residents in Melvindale are waking up Friday morning in the dark.
Large pockets of power outages across metro Detroit are impacting more than 4,000 DTE Energy customers.
There is no word yet on the cause of the outages, but service is expected to by tonight or early tomorrow.
Hundreds of customers remain without power as a result of storms that rolled across the state.
DTE estimates that about 21,000 are currently without power after storms rolled through the Metro Detroit area this evening.
With high winds, rain and snow swirling across the state, thousands of Michigan residents are losing electrical service.
The utility says future testing will occur on nights and weekends "to minimize any inconvenience..."
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A DTE spokeswoman spoke to WWJ's Vickie Thomas about what actually is available.
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Hundreds of schools in Metro Detroit are closed for Thursday, Jan. 15, because of snow and icy roads.
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Hundreds of schools in Metro Detroit are closed for Thursday, Jan. 15, because of snow and icy roads.
The Road Commission for Oakland County says it was expecting snow on Wednesday, but it wasn't expecting it to snow nonstop all afternoon and evening.
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