Nearly 9,000 Consumers Energy customers in mid-Michigan were without power Saturday morning following overnight storms. Of the 8,916 homes and businesses without power Saturday morning, March 15, the majority of them are in the St. Charles area just southwest of Saginaw.

According to the Consumers Energy Outage map, as of 1 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 15, thousands near and around St. Charles, Garfield, and Saginaw Township, among others, are waiting for their lights to turn back on.

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Consumers Energy and the Lansing Board of Water and Light (BWL) are reporting power outages all across Mid-Michigan due to high winds. More than 2,800 Consumer Energy customers in Shiawassee County are without power. In Jackson County, more than 1,800 customers are without power.

It had affected thoroughfares like Dort Highway and Court Street, which have since had power restored. We also saw outages scattered across Mid-Michigan, including in the city of Saginaw, Gladwin County and Arenac County -- all of which have been restored.

Just under 5,000 people were without power Friday evening as powerful storms begin to roll into the Mid-South.

Ameren is reporting thousands of customers without power in the aftermath of severe storms that hit the St. Louis region.