CMS Energy Corp. officials say 12,000 homes and businesses remain blacked out, down from 37,000. DTE Energy Co. says 30,000 customers were powerless, down from 68,000.
Authorities say an 80-year-old man was killed Sunday when his vehicle rolled over in Montcalm County, while a 75-year-old woman died in a Livingston County crash.
Indiana authorities are frantically searching for an untold number of motorists in snow-covered northwest Indiana who have been trapped in their cars in biting temperatures.
LaPorte County sheriff's Deputy Andy Hynek said Monday officials don't know how many people were stranded, but that some had been stuck for as long as 12 hours.
Strong winds caused snow drifts up to six feet high in the area and LaPorte and Porter counties issued emergency orders telling drivers to stay off the roads.
Hynek says authorities were having a hard time reaching motorists as snow plows struggled with the high drifts and roadways that were clogged with nearly 100 abandoned cars.
