(WXMI) — Severe storms battered West Michigan Saturday night into Sunday morning, bringing rain and strong winds causing downed trees and power lines and tens of thousands of power outages.
The first severe thunderstorm warning for the Grand Rapids area was issued at 10:44 p.m.
The storms knocked out power to a total of 81,000 homes and businesses. Anyone without power can check the Consumers Energy Outage Map for updates on restoration efforts.
That was before a second severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Grand Rapids at 1:39 a.m., heralding the second wave of storms in the early morning hours on Sunday.
At midday Sunday, Consumers said it had restored electrical service to more than 31,000 customers.
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Photos submitted to FOX 17's newsroom depicted wall clouds, downed trees, lightning bolts and more.
Tonya Rogers sent in frightening video of a transformer blowing Saturday night.
