A look at the damage left behind after severe storms roll through Metro Detroit

LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX. A M STARTS NOW. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO WEDNESDAY. WE'LL TRY AND GET YOU THROUGH IT WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE SCHOOL CLOSINGS THAT ARE COMING IN ENTIRE DISTRICTS AND ALSO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS REALLY SCATTERED ALL ACROSS THE METRO AREA FROM OAKLAND COUNTY TO WAYNE TO WASHTENAW. SO MAKE SURE YOU HEAD TO CLICKONDETROIT.COM TO FIND OUT IF YOUR KID'S SCHOOL IS OPEN TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO ASHLEY IN A MOMENT, BUT WE ALSO, OF COURSE, WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW AS YOU'RE WAKING UP AT LEAST 38 SCHOOL CLOSINGS, BY THE WAY, TO BE EXACT. >> RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 200,000 CUSTOMERS ARE IN THE DARK AND MORE THAN 800 CREWS FROM OUT OF STATE ARE HERE TO HELP GET THE LIGHTS BACK ON. >> BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS OUR SKY CAMS WERE ROLLING AS THOSE STORMS WERE ROLLING IN YESTERDAY, AND THIS CONTINUED EVEN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, WHERE WE STARTED TO E ALL THOSE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HIGH WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. WE ARE HEARING OF, AT LEAST AT METRO AIRPORT, SOME SPEEDS OF UP TO 70MPH. WITH THOSE HIGH WINDS. SO IT'S NO WONDER THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH DAMAGE THAT YOU'RE WAKING UP TO IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE METRO AREA, AND WE WANT TO GET BACK OUT TO NICK, WHO IS LIVE AND CLEARLY IN THE DARK THIS MORNING OUT IN PLYMOUTH, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN HIT EXTRA HARD. >> NICK. >> YEAH, THEY SURE HAVE. IN FACT, WE'RE GOING TO SHUT THE LIGHTS OFF. JUST TO GIVE YOU A TTER IDEA OF HOW DARK IT REALLY IS OUT HERE. SEE, IT IS PITCH BLACK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE A HOME OR TWO THAT MIGHT HAVE A GENERATOR WORKING. O GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE STORM DAMAGE REALLY IS, I'M GOING TO TURN ON THIS INCREDIBLY BRIGHT LIGHT SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS JUST ONE TREE THAT CAME DOWN HERE ACROSS THE ROAD. BUT AS WE KIND OF LOOK UP AND LOOK AROUND, YOU CAN SEE LOOK AT THAT TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES RIPPED RIGHT OFF OF THAT TREE AND ARE NOW DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND. NOW THIS IS JUST ONE SECTION OF THIS AREA IN NORTHWEST PLYMOUTH. WE HAVE SEEN TREES THAT ARE NOT ONLY ON HOMES, ON VEHLES, BLOCKING ROADWAYS. POWER LINES ARE DOWN. UTILITY LINES ARE DOWN. IT IS A MESS OUT HERE. THERE HAVE BEEN CITY CREWS WITH BULLDOZERS AND CHAINSAWS WORKING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TRYING TO GET SOME OF THIS CLEANED UP IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AND THAT'S WHAT THE CITY MANAGER WAS TALKING ABOUT. I HAD HIM LIVE ON THE SHOW ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO, AND I ASKED HIM, HOW BAD IS IT AND WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET ALL THIS CLEANED UP, HOW MUCH WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE, HOW BAD IS IT HERE IN PLYMOUTH? >> THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF WORK, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE NORTHWEST SECTIOOF OUR CITY. WE HAVE POWER LINES MIXED WITH TREE DAMAGE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STREETS THAT ARE STILL CLOSED. OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FROM POLICE, FIRE AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN WORKING NONSTOP SINCE 230 THIS MORNING, AND CERTAINLY WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. >> BACK OUT HERE LIVE AGAIN. YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DAMAGE AND WHAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO KIND OF EXPRESS AND VISUALIZE WHEN THE SUN ISN'T UP IS ALL THE POWER LINES THAT ARE DOWN. AND MANY OF THE BACKYARDS, WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE REALLY FROM THESE VANTAGE POINTS, ARE ALSO FILLED WITH LIMBS, TREES THAT ARE DOWN. WE SAW A LOT OF CAUTION TAPE WRAPPING AROUND SOME BACKYARDS, SO PEOPLE DON'T GO BACK THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL LIVE POWER LINES. SO, SO MUCH HAPPENING IN THIS AREA. AND REMEMBER, THIS IS JUST PLYMOUTH. I KNOW WE'VE GOT SIMILAR SITUATIONS IN NORTHVILLE AND IN CANTON AND EVEN MORE SO, JAKE, YOU KNOW WHAT'S ALSO ASTONISHING HERE IS THE TIMING OF THINGS. THE STORMS ROLLED THROUGH HERE, SAY 230, 3:00 IN THE MORNING. ASHLEY WAS SAYING THOSE WIND GUSTS WERE PEAKING AT 76MPH AT METRO AIRPORT. IMAGINE IF THIS HAD BEEN A LITTLE B WORSE AND IT TURNED INTO A TORNADO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THAT'S THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. SO I'M GOING TO PUT THAT IN THE WIN COLUMN, BECAUSE THIS COULD BE SO MUCH WORSE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE CITY MANAGER SAYS THERE ARE NO INJURIES AT ALL. GOOD. >> AT LEAST REALLY GOOD PERSPECTIVE IN THAT. AND ALSO IT CAME AFTER THE FACT WHERE THAT SECOND ROUND HAD ROLLED THROUGH. A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT, OH, WE'RE IN THE CLEAR. WE'RE KIND OF THROUGH THIS. AND YEAH, JUST CAME BACK AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. NICK, BOY, TOUGH TO SEE SOME. YEAH. >> WOKE UP A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE PHOTOS THAT YOU SUBMITTED THROUGH MY PIX, WHICH YOU CAN DO ON THE CLICKONDETROIT MOBILE APP OR ON OUR WEBSITE AND UPLOAD MORE. BOY, WAS IT A LIGHT SHOW. SO MANY LIGHTNING STRIKES LAST NIGHT AND SOMEBODY ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT. IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE TREE BRANCHES. WOW. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PHOTO. THAT WAS DAVE JEWELL. HE POSTED THIS PHOTO WITH THE CAPTION MOTHER NATURE PUTTING ON A SHOW IN WINDSOR, AND HE CAPTURED THIS ABOUT 2:00 THIS MORNING. >> I BET IT LOOKED AMAZING ON THE RIVERFRONT, THAT'S FOR SURE. THIS PHOTO FROM COLIN CHARMLEY FROM BEVERLY HILLS. HE POSTED THIS PHOTO OF A DOWNED TREE AFTER A HIGH WINDS. REMEMBER, BEVERLY HILLS JUST TOOK THE BRUNT