More than 200K without power in Michigan after second winter storm in a week

DETROIT — A second winter storm in a week knocked out electricity to more than 200,000 customers of DTE Energy, including ones who lost power in the first storm. The storm, packing high winds and wet snow, snapped tree branches that brought down electrical lines, said a DTE spokesman. Some of the trees were already weakened by the earlier storm. The highest snowfall accumulations extended from Kalamazoo to Lansing and Jackson with 6 to 9 inches of snow, the National Weather Service said. At 11:30 a.m. DTE reported 205,631 customers without power and nearly 91% of its customers unaffected. The ...