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FACTBOX-Half a million lose power as storms batter US Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and South

ReutersMar 17, 2026 5:07 AM

- More than 536,000 homes and businesses were without power on Tuesday as severe storms battered the U.S. Midwest and Mid-Atlantic region, according to data from PowerOutage.us.

Pennsylvania was the hardest hit, with about 125,000 outages - roughly 1.9% of the state's 6.8 million customers, according to the data.

The most severely impacted utility was a unit of Consumers Energy in Michigan, where around 92,770 homes and businesses were without service.

"Six hundred crews are hard at work and will continue through the night to ensure all communities we serve get back online," Consumers Energy said in a post on X.

Here are the major outages by state:

State

Outages

Pennsylvania

124,999

Michigan

106,712

Virginia

84,301

New Jersey

61,487

Maryland

24,858

New York

19,728

Ohio

16,228

North Carolina

15,064

Total

536,972

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