WEST MICHIGAN — Consumers Energy reports thousands of customers without power after devastating storms rolled through Thursday night.
As of Friday evening, more than 150,000 customers were still in the dark.
Kent County got the brunt of the damage throughout West Michigan.
"We're looking at about over 190,000 customers without power right now and it's clear this storm was powerful, it was fierce, it moved quickly as you've seen on your video, and just a lot of general damage,” Brian Wheeler from Consumers Energy told FOX 17 in a live interview Friday morning.
Wheeler said Kent County was hit especially hard, noting the outage map is an imprint of the storm’s path across the state, stretching from Grand Rapids across to the Lansing area and to the southeast side of the state.
Detroit is seeing widespread flooding, piling on more road closures to already stretched resources after floodwaters shut down highways Thursday morning.
Consumers is working to restore power,telling us they expect work to continue into the weekend as there are lines down all over their coverage area.
If you see a downed power line DO NOT GO NEAR IT — DO NOT TOUCH IT. Even if it seems off, there may still be deadly amounts of electricity running through it.
Stay at least 25 feet away and report the issue to 911 and Consumers Energy directly at 800-477-5050.
For resources during the outage, call 211.
