(AP) -- Frigid temperatures, 50 mph winds and heavy snow have battered Michigan as a storm that knocked out power to 120,000 homes and businesses and caused one death continues its Midwestern march. The National Weather Service said Thursday the storm has delivered 13.5 inches of snow to parts of southwest Michigan, where a blizzard warning remains in effect and an additional 12 inches is expected by Friday evening. More than 15 inches has fallen in northern lower Michigan and 1 to 4 inches in southeast Michigan.
Michigan State Police said a 58-year-old Hartford man died Wednesday in a single-vehicle crash related to bad weather in Van Buren County. CMS Energy Corp. says about 4,400 customers were blacked out Thursday, down from a peak of 50,000. DTE Energy Co. says about 13,000 customers remain without power, down from 70,000.
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