More than 400,000 customers lose power in Michigan, Indiana

Utilities report more than 400,000 customers across Michigan and Indiana have lost power as severe thunderstorms packing winds as high as 60 mph hour raked the region. DTE Energy reports more than 231,000 customers without power around 7:30 p.m. Monday, Consumers Energy reported more than 157,000 Michigan customers without service, Indiana Michigan Power Co. had more than 13,000 outages across the two states, and Northern Indiana Public Service Co. said about 24,000 of its customers were affected. The National Weather Service says tree branches and power lines fell while winds gusted as high as 58 mph at Battle Creek Executive Airport in Michigan and 60 mph in Huntington, southwest of Fort Wayne.