Weather

We do have severe weather to be tracking including 70-mile-per-hour winds hail from an inch to possibly an inch and a half, and then an isolated tornado chance.

Severe thunderstorms are in the Metro Detroit weather forecast Friday, with the biggest threats being strong winds and heavy rain.

We're turning up the heat and humidity to finish the week with late storms on tap.

"Sometimes we do cash only," Shamel said. "That’s about it. Only cash. No credit cards. Just cash. We manage."

DTE offers credits for customers if the power is out for anextended period of time -- her's what to know.

Dozens of schools are closed Thursday around Metro Detroit as some buildings continue to deal with no power.

Crews have been working for days to get the lights back on after powerful storms Tuesday knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Michigan. DTE said it hopes to have power restored to 90% of the customers who lost power by the end of Thursday.

Clouds fade and skies brighten as we head toward the afternoon, and rain chances are slim to none.

DTE Energy has called in about 800 crews from around the region to help out in a monumental effort to restore power. There are 95,000 customers still in the dark - down from over 200,000 24 hours ago.

By 8:40 p.m. both sections of freeways were back open