Factbox: Storms knock out power to 266,000 across US Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and South
16/03/2026 19:14
Updates with latest outages March 16 (Reuters) - More than 266,000 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 123,765 outages, representing about 2.4% 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 90,716 homes and businesses without service. Here are the major outages by state:
| State | Outages |
| Michigan | 123,765 |
| Ohio | 29991 |
| Florida | 25909 |
| Pennsylvania | 21811 |
| New York | 21732 |
| Hawaii | 16450 |
| Wisconsin | 14720 |
| Mississippi | 12447 |
| Total | 266,825 |
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