Factbox: Storms knock out power to 500,000 across US Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and South
16/03/2026 12:28
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 |
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