Crews continue restoring power and repairing damage after high winds and at least six confirmed tornadoes along with thunderstorms and hail swept through Michigan overnight Thursday.

“Our crews are working around the clock to safely restore power after a particularly severe and widespread storm event,” said Norm Kapala, one of Consumers Energy’s Officers in Charge for this storm. “We continue to make progress, and we’re also watching and preparing additional resources for potential high winds overnight. Our goal is to safely restore power and return life to normal as quickly as possible for our friends and neighbors, and we thank our customers for their patience.”

We have mobilized about 550 crews to help customers after a powerful line of storms caused outages from Kalamazoo and west Michigan counties to Lansing and Saginaw.

We expect to restore power for most of the roughly 162,000 customers who remain without power by Saturday evening. Those in the hardest-hit areas, including Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and Muskegon, should have power back by Sunday evening.

View the Outage Map for the latest on restoration efforts in your area.