• Consumers Energy braced for a second round of severe storms across Michigan, raising risk of additional widespread power outages.
• Forecast called for severe thunderstorms, flooding, hail, possible tornadoes, wind gusts above 70 mph.
• Crews restored power to more than 115,000 customers in the first 24 hours following Wednesday’s storms.
• More than 700 crews were staged statewide to assess damage, repair infrastructure, restore service.

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