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Storms knock out power across Midwest

DETROIT (UPI) -- Storms across the U.S. Midwest knocked out power in homes from St. Louis to Detroit late Wednesday with more storms possible, the National Weather Service says.

Nearly 200,000 Michigan customers were without power Thursday morning with the hardest hit areas in outstate regions, the Detroit News reported Thursday. The Grand Rapids area had hours of rain and winds resulting in several city streets blocked by rising waters overnight and police dispatched to help motorists whose cars had stalled, then began floating away.

Winds gusted at more than 45 mph in Grand Rapids.

"But I wouldn't doubt that there were some higher winds in some areas," said local National Weather Service Meteorologist Bob Dukesherer.

In the St. Louis area about 2,300 homes were without power early Thursday morning due to high winds. More storms are forecast for early Friday, the Fourth of July, but forecasters expect the system to move out before fireworks displays, the National Weather Service said.

Most areas of the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes are expected to have drier, cooler conditions through the Fourth of July holiday as high pressure builds through the region.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 07/03/2008

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