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Some Detroit-area communities could be in dark for days after storm; 350,000 customers out

By WTOP Staff

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit area is the hardest hit after an evening storm system knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents.

DTE Energy says 350,000 customers still had no electricity by late morning. Officials say some people could be without power for several days.

The utility says wind gusts of 75 mph downed more than 2,000 power lines Friday. Crews from Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are traveling to Michigan to help.

Many high school football games that were stopped by lightning are resuming today.

In central Illinois, thunderstorms ripped the roof off a school gymnasium forcing a basketball team practicing in a neighboring gym to shelter in a locker room. Tens of thousands of homes and business in the Chicago area lost power and a falling tree hit and critically injured a bicyclist.

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