SAULT STE. MARIE, MI-- High winds knocked out power to thousands of Cloverland Electric Cooperative customers in the Eastern U.P. Wednesday.
Officials say the outages started around 3:45 a.m., affecting at least 6,800 services.
As of 5:30 p.m. Wednesday an estimated 2,900 customers in Chippewa, Delta, Luce, Mackinac, and Schoolcraft Counties still had no electricity. Cloverland officials said those who didn’t have power by 8 p.m. should consider making alternate plans for the night.
As of 6:15 a.m. Thursday 1,117 residences were still in the dark.
Power may not be restored to all customers until sometime Thursday.
