More than 300,000 people without power in Michigan after storms

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A string of thunderstorms on Tuesday left nearly 400,000 people across Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota without power Wednesday morning, according to PowerOutage.us. The National Weather Service offices in Grand Rapids and Detroit reported severe storms with strong wind and hail through Wednesday morning. DTE Energy, which serves customers in southeast Michigan, said it expects more than 90 percent of customers impacted by the storms would have their power restored by the end of Thursday.

What other weather patterns are happening in the United States this week? A heat wave is affecting states across the Midwest and portions of the Mid-Atlantic this week as temperatures near triple digits. In Chicago, public schools canceled outdoor activities Monday and Tuesday due to excessive heat. Power grid operator PJM Interconnection on Tuesday issued a maximum generation alert in order to prepare the company for projected high power usage by its customers. The company serves Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington D.C.

Dig deeper: Listen to Paul Butler’s report on The World and Everything in It about the cleanup after Hurricane Beryl.

Lauren Canterberry

Lauren Canterberry is a reporter for WORLD. She graduated from the World Journalism Institute and the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism, both in 2017. She worked as a local reporter in Texas and now lives in Georgia with her husband.