Over 135K DTE customers remain without power in Metro Detroit

Published: Aug 28, 2024 Duration: 00:03:07 Category: News & Politics

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PASSMORE LOCAL 4. STILL A LOT TO DO. >> THANK YOU SHANTE. YOU KNOW, ASHANTI MENTIONED WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES FROM THE STORMS ARE ALSO CREATING CONCERN. AND PROBLEMS FOR PEOPLE ALL OVER METRO DETROIT. >> THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM DTE SHOW AROUND 145,000 OF ITS CUSTOMERS ARE WAITING FOR THEIR ELECTRICITY TO COME BACK ON. CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER IS LIVE IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT, WHERE THE LIGHTS ARE STILL HERE, ALMOST 24 HOURS HOME. >> YEAH, KIMBERLY, YOU KNOW, 145,000. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT. BUT DTE HAS MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS TODAY FROM THE COMMAND CENTER HERE AT HEADQUARTERS INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, LIKE SOUTHWEST DETROIT. WE'VE BEEN ALL OVER TODAY TRACKING THE POWER OUTAGES AND ALSO THE RESTORATION EFFORT. THE LIGHTS HERE AT MIKE'S HOME IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT, THEY'RE OFF. NO TV, NO INTERNET, NO AC. SO HE'S SPENDING HIS TIME ON THE FRONT PORCH. >> THEY KEEP SENDING ME TEXTS SAYING THEY'RE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM. I JUST GOT ONE EARLIER TODAY SAYING THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. >> CREWS HAVE BEEN IN THIS AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY WORKING TO GET PEOPLE BACK ON LINE. MIKE IS HOPEFUL IT HAPPENS SOON. >> HE SAID TODAY. >> POSSIBLY TODAY. >> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID TODAY. >> SO DOWN THE BLOCK I MEET MATTHEW. HE SET UP A GENERATOR AT HIS PARENT'S HOME. HERE. BOTH ELDERLY AND RELYING ON MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THEIR BREATHING. >> THEY HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES. THEY GOT THE GENERATOR SET UP FOR THEM. I HOPE THE NEIGHBORS SET UP THEIR GENERATOR THIS MORNING BECAUSE HE'S ALSO ELDERLY MAN. YEAH, BASICALLY EVERYBODY AROUND HERE NEEDS A GENERATOR OR NEEDS ACCESS TO POWER FOR MEDICAL ISSUES. >> MATTHEW DOESN'T HAVE A GENERATOR AT HIS OWN HOME. BEING WITHOUT POWER, WITHOUT AC, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A BIG INCONVENIENCE. >> I'VE HAD TO TAKE A COUPLE DAYS OFF OF WORK JUST BECAUSE OF THIS. BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT CAN HELP THEM RIGHT NOW, AT THE MOMENT. >> DTE CREWS AND OTHER CREWS FROM OUT OF STATE FANNED OUT ALL OVER METRO DETROIT. ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES WITH THIS PARTICULAR OUTAGE THAT IT'S SO WIDESPREAD. EARLIER TODAY, I WAS HERE INSIDE DTE'S COMMAND CENTER, GETTING YOU THE LATEST UPDATES. WE HAVE DEVASTATION. >> THE TIP OF THE THUMB DOWN ALMOST TO THE OHIO BORDER. SO WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS AND RESOURCES SCATTERED ALL OVER THE TERRITORY TO HELP RESTORE POWER, WHICH BRINGS A LITTLE BIT OF CHALLENGE WITH IT. >> BACK OUT HERE LIVE. AND IF YOU HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AND YOU'RE ABLE TO GET ON THE DTE APP, UNDERSTAND THESE UPDATES ARE LIVE. THEY ARE CURRENT RIGHT NOW, 137 217 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S ALSO A GREAT WAY FOR YOU TO GET IN TOUCH WITH DTE DIRECTLY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU'RE STILL EXPERIENCING POWER RELATED ISSUES. WE'RE LIVE. >> OKAY, HANK, WE APPRECIATE IT. >> NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. VIEWERS ARE SENDING IN PICTURES FROM ALL ACROSS THE METRO AREA. HERE YOU CAN SEE THICK TREE BRANCHES LANDING ON THE ROOF OF A HOME IN ROSEVILLE AND OVER IN ROYAL OAK. ANOTHER MESS TO CLEAN UP RIGHT HERE. THIS TREE IS COMPLETELY UPROOTED. >> THIS CLINTON TOWNSHIP VIEWER HAD AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE IN THEIR DRIWAY. WINDS BLEW A TREE OVER ONTO THEIR DODGE DAKOTA. THEIR FINALLY, THIS SPECTACULAR SHOT CAPTURED BY A LOCAL 4 VIEWER. AND YOU C

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