10,000 Homes And Businesses Without Power In Troy After Substation Catches Fire
Officials are dealing with a major power outage in Troy.
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Officials are dealing with a major power outage in Troy.
DTE Energy says heavy wind gusts and rainfall throughout the night caused trees and tree limbs to knock out power.
Consumers Energy says a mobile substation is being brought in due to the amount of time expected to make repairs.
The wet weather might also be to blame for an accident on Detroit's west side that sent a car slamming into a garage.
The lights went out around 5:45 p.m and were restored just after 7 p.m. A DTE spokesman said that there was a problem at a substation.
The power of some Ferndale, Royal Oak, Hazel Park, and Madison Heights residents is starting to come back on after an outage that affected as many as 15,000 customers.
Power has been restored in Ann Arbor, after more than 1,700 customers were in the dark Friday evening for about an hour.
About 9,000 homes and businesses were knocked offline after a vehicle crashed into a pole along Grand River Avenue.
About 10,000 customers are without power along Telegraph Road, between Ford and Warren Road.
DTE says crews are on site assessing the situation, but don't have a cause at this time.
DTE expects the power to be back on by 4:30 p.m.
The state's biggest utilities have been ordered, among other things, to make it easier for customers to get credits on bills when they suffer losses due to outages.
"The city's public lighting grid suffered a major cable failure that has caused the entire grid to lose power."
Multiple Detroit school buildings were plunged into darkness Tuesday — affected by a widespread power outage in downtown Detroit.
Power to 7,000 homes, businesses along the Southfield Freeway corridor was out early Monday morning.
Strong winds gusts swept through the region Monday, knocking down trees and power lines.
Power has been restored to about 3,000 homes and businesses in Ypsilanti that were knocked offline following an apartment fire.
DTE Energy reports that 8,000 customers in the southeastern part of the state are still in the dark -- that's down from about 42,000 affected by the high winds that started Friday.
A DTE spokesperson said that Belleville saw the most significant outages with an estimated 3,500 weather related power outages.
About 41,000 homes and businesses remain without power Tuesday morning -- down from a high of 375,000 outages.
Crews continue to work 16-hour shifts around the clock to restore service, with about 40,000 in Wayne County, with the rest scattered throughout Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties.
DTE says full restoration probably will take until Tuesday or Wednesday.
Friday's storm packed quite a punch, with wind gusts of more than 75 miles an hour and nickel-size hail.
Livonia and Redford Township residents who lost power during Friday's severe storm can even spend the night if they're without power.
DTE officials reported that up to 129,000 homes and businesses are without power, with the number of outages expected to grow until the storms move out of the area.
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Metro Detroit will see mostly sunny skies with a high around 73 on Friday. But rain is in the forecast for Saturday morning and afternoon.