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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.