Thousands of Consumers Energy customers are without power across parts of Michigan Monday evening as high winds and severe thunderstorms swept through the state, toppling trees and downing power lines. The surge in outages came shortly after the National Weather Service (NWS) issued multiple severe thunderstorm warnings Monday evening for parts of west and south‑central Michigan, citing damaging winds that could persist for 30 minutes or longer as storms push through the region. A warning for