At least 3 people have died as a result of the sever weather that have struck Michigan for the third straight day. Two people delivering newspapers for The Grand Rapids Press drowned Sunday after their car sank in a creek swollen from weekend of thunderstorms that blacked out at least 251,000 Michigan homes and businesses.
High winds also were blamed for the death of a Lansing-area woman.
Tornado warnings issued by the National Weather Service for a dozen counties scattered across the Lower Peninsula had expired by 6 p.m. Severe thunderstorm warnings or watches also expired as the storms moved eastward into Ontario.
There were no immediate reports of funnel cloud touchdowns, but winds clocked at 70 to 80 mph in some areas toppled dozens of power lines and large trees.
Flood warnings remained in effect Sunday afternoon for much of western Lower Michigan, where 3 to 5 inches of rain fell overnight in some areas.
Consumers Energy said about 30,000 out of about 162,000 customers affected by the storm remained without power Sunday afternoon. Detroit Edison said about 13,000 of about 70,000 affected customers were without service as of 5 p.m. Sunday, but that number had soared to 53,000 by 6:15 p.m. as the storms slammed metropolitan Detroit.
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