Storm leaves thousands without power, halts festivals across Metro Detroit Calvin Men/ The Detroit News Detroit — About 100,000 customers were without power late Saturday night after a severe thunderstorm swept through Metro Detroit and ended early the University of Michigan's season opener in Ann Arbor and halted several Labor Day festivals. A DTE Energy spokesman said the outages are spread across Oakland, Wayne and Washtenaw counties. "We'll be working 16 hour shifts until the last customer is restored," DTE spokesman Scott Simons said around 11:p.m. Saturday. There is a strong chance of thunderstorms throughout this morning and temperatures are expected to be in the high 80s Sunday. Saturday's storm arrived around 7 p. m with heavy rain and lightning. In Ann Arbor, Michigan Stadium was evacuated and the opening season game between Michigan and Western Michigan was called with 1:27 left in the third quarter. Michigan won 34-10. The thunderstorms put a stop to many festivals with winds as fast as 55 mph and 1-inch hail raining down on the different Labor Day festivals in Metro Detroit. In downtown Detroit, performances at the Jazz Festival were halted around 7 p.m. and festival goers were told to seek shelter from the pounding rain. After a rain delay of an hour, Jazzfest organizers called the festival off just after 8 p.m. In River Rouge, about eight to 10 people at the Rouge Days Festival were injured because of the storm, said a spokesperson for the National Weather Service in White Lake Township. The Weather Service reported several down trees and limbs throughout the area as well as a 20 x 20 foot tent collapsing and flying 100 feet away. While none of the injuries were reported to be fatal, several people were taken to the hospital via ambulance.
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