CORRECTED-FACTBOX-Storms knock out power to 500,000 across US Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and South

Reuters
Mar 16
CORRECTED-FACTBOX-Storms knock out power to 500,000 across US <a href="https://laohu8.com/S/MDWT">Midwest</a>, Mid-Atlantic and South

Corrects lead paragraph to Monday, not Friday

March 16 (Reuters) - More than 500,000 homes and businesses were without power on Monday as severe storms battered the U.S. Midwest and Mid-Atlantic region, according to data from PowerOutage.us.

Michigan was hardest hit with around 125,000 outages, representing about 2.5% of the state's 5.1 million customers, according to the data.

The most severely impacted utility in Michigan was a unit of Consumers Energy with around 88,273 homes and businesses without service, followed by Alpena Power Company, with around 11,945.

Here are the major outages by state:

STATE

OUTAGES

Michigan

125,236

Ohio

58,212

Georgia

53,526

Alabama

28,716

Mississippi

28,520

Pennsylvania

26,305

Texas

23,906

Kentucky

23,533

TOTAL OUT

535,802

(Reporting by Anjana Anil in BengaluruEditing by Bernadette Baum)

((Anjana.Anil@thomsonreuters.com;))

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