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DTE Hopes to Restore Most Power by end of Today
Fewer than 100 customers are still without power after Saturday's storm.
6:45 p.m.: The power is back on for just about all Royal Oak customers who had been without power since late Saturday afternoon. There are still a few scattered pockets without power south of Normandy and east of Coolidge. Those are expected to be back online later tonight.
9 a.m.: More than 400 DTE Energy customers in Royal Oak are still without power mid-day Tuesday after a quick, powerful storm Saturday knocked down trees and power lines.
The utility hopes to have almost all power restored by the end of Tuesday, DTE spokesman Alejandro Bodipo-Memba said.
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The bulk of the remaining outages are in the north part of the city, south of Normandy on both sides of Coolidge Highway.
"The biggest issues are uprooted trees and downed poles that have knocked down lines," Bodipo-Memba said. "We do know that crews are out there working on it."
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