Fast-moving storms leave massive damage across SE Michigan

ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. A LIVE LOOK IN LIVONIA TONIGHT AS FAST-MOVING STORMS HAMMER. METRO DETROIT THE THREAT OF STORMS MAY BE BEHIND US, BUT TONIGHT METRO DETROITERS ARE FACING A DIFFERENT KIND OF DANGER. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOWNED POWER LINES AND WIDESPREAD OUTAGES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M DEMOND FERNANDEZ IN FOR DEVIN SCILLIAN. >> I'M KIMBERLY GILL. AS OF RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 221,000 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER. LIKE THIS AREA IN ROCHESTER HILLS ALONG JOHN R ROAD. THE ONLY LIGHT COMING FROM THE HEADLIGHTS OF CARS PASSING BY THERE JUST AFTER 8:00 TONIGHT. DTE TOLD US THERE ARE MORE THAN 1000 DOWNED WIRES ACROSS THE REGION, WHICH WILL TAKE DAYS TO REPAIR. >> AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS NOTICE SENT TO CUSTOMERS, THE POWER COMPANY IS BRINGING IN 800 CREWS FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA. THEY'LL BE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO HELP GET METRO DETROIT BACK ON THE GRID, WHICH COULD TAKE DAYS. WELL, THE BIGGEST ISSUE CLEANUP CREWS ARE FACING RIGHT NOW IS HOW WIDESPREAD THE DAMAGE HAS BECOME. NOW, THIS IS THE SCENE IN MACOMB COUNTY TONIGHT SENT TO US BY SUSAN. THIS TREE CAME CRASHING DOWN NEAR 23 MILE AND ROMEO PLANK. >> AND IT'S MORE OF THE SAME IN OAKLAND COUNTY. CHECK OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON WIXOM ROAD JUST WEST OF GLENGARY AND COMMERCE CHARTER TOWNSHIP. RESIDENTS TO THE SOUTH IN WAYNE COUNTY ARE ALSO FLOODING OUR MY PICKS PAGE WITH PHOTOS LIKE THIS DOWNED TREE IN DEARBORN LEAVING BEHIND QUITE A MESS FOR HOMEOWNERS. THANKFULLY, THOUGH, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANREPORTS OF INJURIES. >> OUR JACQUELINE FRANCIS IS LIVE AT A SIMILAR SCENE TONIGHT, JUST A FEW MILES AWAY IN LIVONIA. SO JACQUELINE, WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE? >> IT IS A LOUD AND ACTIVE SCENE OUT HERE. THEY ARE WORKING TO TAKE THIS TREE OFF OF A HOUSE. THE TREE FELL RIGHT ONTO THE HOUSE. A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE. AMAZINGLY BUT A LOT OF DAMAGE IN THE FRONT YARD THERE. TWO HOURS INTO THIS, IF YOU SEE THAT GIANT CRANE THEY BROUGHT OUT HERE, IT SAYS 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE AND I THINK THAT'S THE PERFECT TAGLINE FOR THIS AS IT IS AFTER 11:00 AND THEY'R SHOWING NO SIGNS OF STOPPING. WE DO WANT TO SHOW YOU VIDEO TAKEN A COUPLE HOURS AGO. IT GIVES YOU A CLEARER PICTURE OF EXACTLY THE KIND OF DAMAGE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE WAY THAT TREE JUST FLIPPED OVER. IT WAS A NEIGHBOR WHO CALLED US TO LET US KNOW ABOUT THE SITUATION. HE WAS BRINGING IN HIS GARBAGE CAN WHEN HE HAPPENED TO SEE WHAT HE HAPPENED, TO SEE IT FALL. HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. >> I'M DRAGGING MY CAN UP THE DRIVEWAY AND I HEAR JUST BOOM. AND I LOOK UP AND THAT TREE HAD LITERALLY JUST BEEN BLOWN OVER. AND SHE WAS IN HER DRIVEWAY. SHE'S IN HER 80S, SO SHE WAS IN HER DRIVEWAY AND SHE WAS JUST FREAKING OUT AND JUST AS QUICK AS IT HAPPENED, IT WAS OVER. YOU KNOW, THE WIND JUST BLEW THROUGH AND NEIGHBORS STARTED COMING OUT AND LOOKING AROUND, AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TREE AND IT'S JUST THE MOST AMAZING THING I'VE EVER SEEN. >> IT'S LOUD OUT HERE. AS I SAID BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE NEIGHBORS ARE GETTING MUCH SLEEP TONIGHT WITH THE WORK THEY'RE DOING OUT HERE. WE ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO FROM OTHER PARTS OF OUR AREA. THIS IS MORRELL STREET IN DETROIT, WHERE WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SITUATION OF A TREE ON A HOUSE, THE ROOF TAKING THE BRUNT OF THE DAMAGE HERE. ALSO IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT ON LANE STREET. LIMBS NARROWLY MISSED CARS BUT LEAVES BEHIND A MAJOR MESS. YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE GOT RIGHT TO WORK STARTING THAT CLEANUP PROCESS, BUT WE CAN IMAGINE IT WILL TAKE A BIT BEFORE THE ROAD IS PASSABLE AGAIN. AND FINALLY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ROCHESTER HILLS, WHERE AGAIN WE ARE SEEING MORE DOWNED TREES, BRANCHES SNAPPED FROM THOSE STRONG WINDS, AND YET ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD WITH CLEANUP AHEAD LIKELY TO CARRY INTO TOMORROW, EVEN POSSIBLY THE DAYS TO COME. RIGHT NOW ON YOUR SCREEN, WE DO HAVE A QR CODE THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR LOCAL 4 HELP DESK. IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH STORM DAMAGE OR CLEANUP, LET US KNOW. SO WE CAN HELP YOU. REPORTING LIVE IN IN LIVONIA TONIGHT JACQUELINE FRANCIS, LOCAL 4. >> AND SO THE CLEANUP CONTINUES. THANK YOU. JACQUELINE, THOSE PICTURES ARE JUST INCREDIBLE. >> WELL, IT IS NO SURPRISE DTE WILL BE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK WHEN YOU SEE MY EPIC VIDEO LIKE THIS ONE SENT TO US BY A VIEWER IN CANTO THE DTE STORM RESPONSE TEAM SAYS SOME PEOPLE SAW GUSTS OF WIND IN EXCESS OF 70MPH. >> WE AGAIN WILL BE DEPLOYING THOUSANDS OF OUR RESOURCES IN THE FIELD, AND THOSE RESOURCES WILL BE WORKING AS HARD AND AS QUICKLY AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. WE WILL HAVE CREWS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. WE'VE GOT SHIFT COVERAGE 24 HOURS A DAY, AND THEY WILL BE WORKING FOR AS MANY DAYS AS IT TAKES TO RESTORE POWER TO EVERYBODY WHO WAS AFFECTED BY TODAY'S WEATHER EVENT. LET'S GET OVER TO FOREWARNY. SO METEOROLOGIST KIM ADAMS FOR SOME IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOWNED POWER LINES BEING REPORTED. ALL OVER METRO DETROIT RIGHT NOW. KIM. >> WELL, THERE ARE SEVERAL DOWNED POWER LINES BECAUSE WE HAD WIND GUSTS OVER 75MPH. IN FACT, METRO AIRPORT CLOCKED A MAXIMUM WIND GUST OF 76MPH. KEEP IN MIND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE 74MPH AND ABOVE. NOW OBVIOUSLY IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WIND GUSTS, NOT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN A HURRICANE. BUT REGARDLESS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME PRETTY SERIOUS WIND. SO THERE ARE POWER LINES DOWN ALL OVER METRO DETROIT. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU LIKE TO WALK THE DOG AFTER YOU WATCH THE NEWS BEFORE YOU GO TO BED. JUST BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DOWNED POWER LINES AND ALSO KIDS WILL BE GOING TO SCHOOL TOMORROW MORNING AND MAYBE HAVE A NICE QUICK TALK WITH THEM BEFORE THEY GO ABOUT STAYING AWAY FROM POWER LINES. YOU STAY AT LEAST 35FT AWAY, CALL 911 IF YOU SEE A DOWNED LINE. EVEN IF IT'S NOT ARCING, IF IT'S NOT SPARKING AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON FIRE, ASSUME THAT IT IS LIVE. SO DON'T TRY TO MOVE IT OUT OF YOUR WAY, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S LIVE. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO ASSUME THAT IT IS LIVE BUS STOP FORECAST FOR TOMORROW MORNING. AS THOSE KIDS ARE WALKING TO SCHOOL SHOULD FOR THE MOST PART BE DRY. THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE ISOLATED SHOWERS, BUT OTHERWISE A LITTLE COOLER THAN IT WAS THIS MORNING, BUT NOT BY MUCH. THIS STORM. LINE OF STORMS DID NOT CLEAR OUT THE HUMIDITY. WE ARE STILL STUCK IN THAT HUMID AIR MASS FOR AT LEAST 24 MORE HOURS. HIGHS TOMORROW. A LITTLE COOLER AGAIN THAN TODAY, BUT STILL HOT AND STICKY. STILL GOING TO FEEL LIKE IT'S IN THE 90S TOMORROW. BUT THERE IS RELIEF IN SIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT COMING UP. >> OKAY, KIM, WE APPRECIATE IT. AND THESE STORMS ROLLED IN QUICKLY. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS TIME LAPSE VIDEO OF OUR LIVE STREAM CAMS, AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM, IT ONLY TOOK MOMENTS FOR THE BLUE SKIES TO TURN DARK AND USHER IN VIOLENT WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO DOWNLOAD THE NEW FOREWARN WEATHER APP, AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE NEW EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR AND MAKE SURE YOUR HOME ISN'T IN THE PATH OF A DANGEROUS STORM LIKE WE SAW TONIGHT. IT'S FREE ON BOTH APPLE AND ANDROID. JUST SEARCH WDIV AND YOU KNOW THE 4WARN WEATHER TEAM WILL BE TRACKING AND WATCHING THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT TOIVE YOU THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION