Major Michigan power outages persist Friday as new round of severe weather rolls through Great Lakes

DETROIT – Thousands of Michiganders were without power after severe storms earlier in the week tore across the state.”After the thunderstorms on Tuesday, we actually had over a quarter million customers in Michigan without power because we had hurricane-force wind gusts,” FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin said.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHERAs of Friday morning, more than 17,000 utility customers in Michigan were still without power.TWIN CITIES SEES THIRD ROUND OF STORMS JUST DAYS AFTER MINNESOTA STATE FAIR GOT SMACKEDThis comes following the third time in a week that severe weather has impacted parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes. In Minnesota on Thursday, flight delays were reported at the Minneapolis airport. Storms also delayed a college football game and prompted thousands to seek shelter at the Minnesota State Fair.HOW A WEATHER DELAY ON A FLIGHT COULD PUT MONEY BACK IN YOUR WALLETSevere storms fired up across the Great Lakes on Friday afternoon into the evening. The storms were capable of producing damaging winds and sizable hail, particularly around the Detroit metro area, according to the FOX Forecast Center.