Power companies across the Lower Peninsula offer multiple ways to report electric outages, see affected areas online.

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.

Gusty winds exceeding 40 mph overnight led to scattered power outages across Michigan. A wind advisory is in effect until 3 p.m. Thursday, according to the NWS forecast. DTE Energy’s outage map showed nearly 8,400 customers without power at 9 a.m. Thursday. That figure dropped to just under 5,300 by 10 a.m.

High winds are bringing hazy skies, thunderstorms and outages across the state Saturday, March 15. Consumers Energy reported 14,024 homes and business without power Saturday morning. As of 4:30 p.m.,

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