GROSSE POINTE (WWJ) – The severe storms that rolled through Metro Detroit Wednesday apparently knocked out power to the Grosse Pointe Pump Station.
City officials told residents with basements Wednesday night to lift or remove valuables from the basement floor as the two main power lines into the pump station have been disabled and are down.
Officials said seven poles are down to one line from GP Court and the second line is down on Charlevoix from Lakeland to GP Farms.
DTE Energy has been notified of the “critical nature” of the pump station outage. The utility was working late Wednesday to remove trees and debris to assess and repair the lines, officials said.
“This will take some time to accomplish,” officials said in a letter to residents. “Please alert your neighbors when you receive this alert. This is just a precautionary measure in case of another severe rain event.”
In 2021 Metro Detroit experienced severe flooding when multiple pump stations failed during a storm.
As of Wednesday night, there were no reports of flooding in the Grosse Pointe area.
Wednesday's storms knocked out power to nearly 200,000 utility customers across the state. In Southeast Michigan, about 152,000 DTE customers were without power as of 10:15 p.m., while more than 30,000 Consumers Energy customers were offline earlier in the day.
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