More than half a million homes and businesses remained without power across southern Michigan on Friday night after an ice storm battered the region and officials warned electricity may not return for many until Sunday.
and officials warned electricity may not return for many until Sunday.
Flooding, downed trees and damaged power lines were likely into Saturday morning as the storm moves across the state, the National Weather Service said.Allison Dinner / AFP - Getty Images In Jackson, south of Lansing, resident George Ellis was outside cooking on a gas-powered grill while a generator provided enough power to keep a refrigerator and a space heater running,When the station asked how he and his wife were doing, he responded with a single word: cold.that the majority of the company’s customers would see their power restored by Sunday. Rochow described the utility’s response as “all hands on deck,” saying that 540 crews were working across the state.
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