(WWJ) -- Thousands of metro Detroiters are still without power this morning after severe weather moved through the area on Monday afternoon.
DTE Energy says roughly 42,000 homes and businesses were initially out of power around 5:00 p.m. following the weather, which saw Severe Thunderstorm Warnings issued in several areas.
By Tuesday morning, that number is now at about 20,000.
High winds caused the most of the damage across Grosse Pointe and Eastpointe, as well as the area surrounding Mt. Clemens, Chesterfield, and New Baltimore.
DTE estimated more than 12,500 customers near the northwestern shores of Lake St. Clair were in the dark at the peak of the outage.
There were more than 200 DTE crews working out in the field on Monday, but there's currently no estimate on when those still experiencing the outages will have their power restored.
CHECK THE DTE OUTAGE MAP for the latest updates.
The National Weather Service had issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning in that area earlier on Monday issued Special Marine Warnings along Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron that were expected to last until at least 5:30 p.m.
Meanwhile, west of Detroit in the areas of Brighton, South Lyon, Milford and Whitmore Lake, the NWS issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, as the area saw wind gusts approaching 60 mph and penny-sized hail.
Weather officials say additional showers and thunderstorms could develop at times over the next two days, with “the potential for a few storms to become severe,” mainly Tuesday evening and Tuesday night.
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