Winds whipping across the state yesterday with gusts of up to 55 mph brought down big trees and downed power lines.
The Associated Press reports the winds caused the death of a women in Van Buren County when a tree hit her van.
And the Lansing State Journal reports on an injury to a second grader:
Strong winds knocked a tree down onto a second-grader during recess at DeWitt’s Schavey Road Elementary Monday, school officials confirmed today.The student was taken to the hospital and is recovering, said Superintendent John Deiter.
Today, crews are working to bring power back to homes and businesses. An estimated 38,000 customers are without power.
More from the Associated Press:
DTE Energy Co. says that about 31,000 of its 106,000 electrical customers that lost power due to Monday's winds are without service early Tuesday. And CMS Energy Corp. says that about 7,000 of its 96,000 affected Consumers Energy customers are powerless as of Tuesday morning. The winds caused the death of a woman when a tree hit her van in Van Buren County's Bloomingdale Township.
