KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Thousands of people were out of power on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Over 2,000 people lost power in Kent County, according tothe Consumers Energy Outage map. Most of the outages were reported near downtown Grand Rapids.
The outage iwas mapped just south of I-196 and east of Division Avenue.
The outages were resolved just before 3:30 p.m. after Consumers originally estimated a resolution time of 7:15 p.m.
Consumers Energy did not inititally release the exact reason for the outages, but later a spokesperson attributed the outages to the weather.
High wind gusts are the supposed cause of the power outages, said the spokesperson.
Sunday's rain should continue through the evening, with a cold front moving into West Michigan on Monday. To read more about this week's chances for snow, seethe FOX 17 forecast.
