Over 100,000 without power in Michigan after storm

More than 100,000 people are without power in Michigan after a storm hit the state on Tuesday.

More than 106,000 individuals are without power on Wednesday, according to poweroutage.us, after severe thunderstorms hit southwest Michigan.

Utility company DTE Energy said on its website that more than 2,000 crews are in the field working to restore power to almost 30,000 customers. 

A spokesperson for Consumers Energy told local outlet Fox 17 the company has been preparing for this storm since Saturday.

“This storm that’s coming through, we expect at the very front end of the storm, that’s going to be where the wind gusts are the highest, and again, the wind gusts are really what’s going to end up causing problems if there are any,” the spokesperson said. 

“We look at the weather forecast and see where the storm might hit the hardest,” he added.

One school district had to cancel classes after trees were ripped from the ground and the power was still not back on, SF Gate reported.

People posted photos on social media of the debris from the storm, and one image showed a house almost crushed by a 60-ft. oak tree.

The power outages in Michigan come after Louisiana endured widespread outages from Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in the state as. Category 4 hurricane. Ida then traveled up to the Northeast, causing major flooding in the New York City metro area. 

Louisiana still has more than 300,000 individuals without power.