Winter storm knocks out power to over 100,000 Michigan customers

(Reuters) - A massive winter storm moving across the eastern half of the U.S. on Friday knocked out power to more than 100,000 customers in Michigan ahead of a brutal freeze expected to blanket the region starting this weekend. Some 131,777 homes and businesses were without power in the state, according to data from PowerOutage.US, a website that tracks, records and aggregates data of power outages in the U.S. Extreme weather is a reminder of the February freeze in 2021 that left millions in Texas and other U.S. Central states without power, water and heat for days, and a winter storm in Decem...