ANN ARBOR, Mich. (WWJ) -- Ann Arbor and the surrounding communities were among the hardest hit areas after storms swept through southeast Michigan on Wednesday, leading the city of Ann Arbor to open a cooling station Thursday.
At least 20,000 DTE Energy customers were without power, as of 3:30 p.m. Thursday, in Ann Arbor and other nearby communities. It’s a tough time to be without power, and thus air conditioning, as temperatures were climbing into the upper 80s on Wednesday afternoon.
The city has opened a relief station at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, located at 601 W. Stadium Boulevard. It will remain open until 8 p.m. Thursday.
The station will provide residents who are looking to beat the heat with water and light snacks, as well as charging stations for electronic devices.
The A2 Relief Station will be open Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and officials say the station will remain open through the weekend, based on public need.
Residents are asked to enter the relief station from the Stadium Boulevard entrance and park in the staff/visitor parking stations.
Face masks are required inside the cooling center.
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Ann Arbor is just one of many communities across the metro Detroit area without power Thursday, as DTE says just under 600,000 homes and businesses were offline, as of 3:30 p.m. At the peak of the outage, there were more than 800,000 DTE and Consumers Energy customers without power across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
There were more than 2,000 total crews between the two utilities in the field Thursday, working to get residents back online and out of the heat.
Check the DTE Outage map for the latest updates on restoration estimates.