An ice storm has caused thousands of power outages across northeast Wisconsin late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. Wisconsin Public Service and WE Energies reported over 60,000 customers without power as of 8:30 Sunday morning.

Freezing rain followed by snow brought down trees and power lines in Michigan and Wisconsin, cutting electricity for hundreds of thousands of people Sunday and Monday in the upper Great Lakes region.

Significant ice storm impacts northern Michigan & the U.P., creating tens of thousands of power outages and shutting down travel for much of northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula

Schools across Northern Michigan are shutting their doors for the remainder of the week as communities grapple with the lingering impacts of this week’s devastating ice storms.

Michigan could see snow, ice, thunderstorms and tornadoes, just days after an ice storm knocked out power to thousands of people in the state.

Following a string of ice storms which tore through the northern Lower Peninsula over the weekend, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expanding her initial state of emergency and deploying the Michigan National Guard to help clear roadways and areas overcome by debris.