Storms Leave Thousands Without Power in Novi

DTE Energy reports more than 3,000 Novi residents are without power today, after strong storms blew through the area overnight. 

DTE provided no estimate as to when power will be restored.

As of 11 a.m. Thursday morning, the DTE website says there are approximately 210,000 customers without power in Southeast Michigan.

"This is the fourth storm we've had since Tuesday morning, so we have to keep reassessing priorities," said DTE spokesman Scott Simons. "But, we do know the restoration process will take us into the weekend."

The Novi Public Safety Team reports that traffic lights are out on Novi Road between 12 Mile and 14 Mile roads, and encourages residents to treat the lights as four-way stops.

Emagine Theatre and all of the and are closed today. The is also without power and canceled its programs until noon.

Simons said DTE had reduced the outage number from Tuesday's storms to 17,000 before a Wednesday evening storm hit, followed by what DTE experienced as the most severe storm of the week overnight.

DTE has recalled 100 linemen who were sent to Ohio to help with repairs after storms there last week and expects to have a power restoration estimate later today. DTE employees are working 16-hour shifts around the clock to restore power to customers.