(WXMI) — More than 21,000 Consumers Energy customers are without power after heavy snow blanketed West Michigan Tuesday.
Outages mostly affected the north side of the region, according to the energy service provider's outage map.
We're told a total of 43,000 customers were impacted.
“While few people expect to see major snowfall on Halloween, our crews are prepared and converging on West Michigan today. We know it’s important to get the lights back on quickly,” says Greg Salisbury with Consumers Energy. “Our coworkers and contractors will be working in the region, and they will not stop until power is back on for everyone.”
Consumers Energy says hundreds of workers are making the rounds to restore power by the end of Wednesday.
The National Weather Service (NWS) reports Muskegon witnessed record-breaking snowfall for Halloween. The exact amount of snowfall is still pending.
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