The north of Michigan faces extensive power outages after freezing rain, more than 180,000 households are without stream from Saturday.
The north of the US state Michigan continues to face extensive power outages after the freezing rain has killed trees over the weekend and damaged the power lines. This is reported by TASR, according to the AP report.
According to Poweroutage.us, there were more than 180,000 outages in Michigan on Tuesday afternoon, more than 300,000 on Monday. Some parts of the state have been without electricity since Saturday. “It’s an ice situation. Trees and power lines are overloaded. Everything is collapsing,” said Charlevix Chuck Vondra, a police sheriff.
Recommended to the inhabitants to leave the area
A representative of the police of the Cheboygan district recommended the inhabitants to leave the area if they have such a possibility. In the city of Petoskey, the authorities opened the town hall for people who need to warm up or charge their phones.
Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-Op claims that electricity recovery can take several days. “The challenge is debris, impassable roads and hundreds of rolled columns. It takes several hours to replace each column,” the company said.
In several districts in the north of Michigan, schools have closed schools. Cops with chainsaws helped to release impassable roads and imported oxygen bombs to some citizens. Crows of cars were formed at the gas stations.
The eight -kilometer Mackinac bridge connecting parts of the Michigan, separated by the Huron and Michigan Lake, had to be closed by the authorities because large pieces of ice fell from its towers and cables.
