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Severe thunderstorms blast southern Michigan, cutting power to more than 140,000 customers

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Severe thunderstorms struck southern Michigan on Wednesday, uprooting trees, downing branches and power lines and cutting electricity to more than 140,000 customers, utilities and others reported.

DTE Energy reported nearly 108,000 customers without power as of 5:40 p.m., and Consumers Energy reported more than 32,000 without service.

The National Weather Service reported trees and tree limbs had fallen in the Detroit area, Ann Arbor and other locations across southern Michigan.


A large tree lies uprooted on a two-story house in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., after a severe storm on July 26, 2023.
A large tree lies uprooted on a two-story house in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., after a severe storm on July 26, 2023.
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Downed tree limbs are seen after the severe storm in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., on July 26, 2023.
Downed tree limbs are seen after the severe storm in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., on July 26, 2023.
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Vehicles navigate a flooded road in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., after the storm slammed the area on July 26, 2023.
Vehicles navigate a flooded road in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., after the storm slammed the area on July 26, 2023.
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The weather service measured a 67 mph wind gust in the Detroit suburb of Romulus.

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