GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — High winds have knocked out power to thousands of people across West Michigan Tuesday.
Consumers Energy told 24 Hour News 8 that as of 5:40 a.m. more than 40,000 customers statewide were without power. The number is expected to increase throughout the day.
As of 5:25 a.m., the following counties have customers without power, according to the Consumers Energy outage map:
- Allegan:1,028
- Barry: 234
- Ionia: 160
- Kalamazoo: 2,540
- Kent: 5,123
- Mecosta: 441
- Montcalm: 683
- Muskegon: 2,063
- Newaygo: 282
- Ottawa: 906
- Van Buren: 166
Consumers Energy said most people won’t have power back on until later Tuesday, possibly even Wednesday. Crews will have a better estimated time of restoration after the windy weather has move through West Michigan.
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