Thousands of Michiganders in southwest Michigan remain without power as of Saturday morning following storms Thursday and Friday evenings.

Lightning, high winds and in some cases tornado sirens woke up many Michigan residents late Thursday as severe weather rolled through the state. DTE Energy, which provides electricity in most of Southeast Michigan,

Many Southeast Michigan counties were impacted by severe storms and tornado warnings Thursday night. After a small lull in severe weather on Sunday, conditions may once again turn dangerous for many over the central United States by early next week.

Mid-May is living up to its reputation for severe weather as an active weather pattern brings the threat of strong tornadoes, damaging hail and intense, destructive wind gusts over multiple days.

You could literally hear just things ripping in the distance, glass shattering everywhere, just roaring like a freight train."