(WXYZ) — Thousands of people across metro Detroit are still without power Saturday following strong winds Friday.
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According to the DTE Energy Outage Map, there are 41,703 customers without power throughout the area. That's as of 3:45 p.m. Saturday.
It comes after a High Wind Warning for metro Detroit from Friday. Around 1:20 p.m., Friday Detroit Metro Airport had a peak wind gust of 71 mph.
DTE has issued a storm alert, saying that more than 1,000 storm response team members are in the field and ready to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.
The company said they have restored power to 65% of customers so far.
The company is reminding people to stay at least 25 feet from any downed power lines and assume they are live and dangerous.
You can report an outage and check the status on the DTE website.
