Public Media from Michigan State University

Thousands around Lansing area await electricity

MSU groundskeeper David Franco cleaning up after Wednesday's wind damage
Mark Bashore

Around 5,500 customers of the Lansing Board of Water and Light still were without electricity mid-afternoon on Thursday after high winds the day before brought down trees and utility lines across the state.

A BWL online outage map showed power should be completely restored by mid-afternoon Saturday.

Consumers Energy’s website showed about 3,600 Ingham county customers were still waiting for the lights to come on.

A spokesman says Lansing area Consumers' customers should have power restored by late Saturday night. 

Some customers in Jackson and Flint may wait until late Sunday night.

Meanwhile, about a half dozen Lansing area traffic lights were still not working mid-afternoon according to emergency officials.  Drivers should approach those intersections as 4-way stops.

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