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    <title>LIVE UPDATES: Utility companies battle elements to restore power, lake effect snowfall continues</title>
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    <description>A major winter storm swept across Michigan this weekend, producing localized blizzard conditions in the northeast and up to 15 inches of snow in some areas.</description>
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      <title>Power restored to thousands across central and northern Michigan</title>
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      <title>Weather Service: "Worst of this storm system is in the rearview"</title>
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      <description>Over 186,000 utility customers in Michigan woke up Saturday morning without power following a major winter storm that dumped heavy snow across the state…</description>
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      <title>Alpena County braces for blizzard conditions, preps roads</title>
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      <description>An incoming winter storm is predicted to bring high winds and drop 10 to 16 inches of snow in northeast lower Michigan.Alpena is in the center, forecasted…</description>
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      <description>Ahead of the first major winter storm of 2024, a Michigan utility company says it will keep its promise to prevent power outages longer than 24…</description>
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      <description>As communities across Michigan prepare for a major winter storm, the demand for roadside assistance is expected to surge. AAA Michigan said drivers who…</description>
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      <title>National Weather Service issues blizzard, winter storm warnings across Michigan</title>
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      <description>Winter storm warnings are posted for the entire WCMU listening area through Saturday evening. In northeast lower Michigan, blizzard warnings have been…</description>
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