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A Powerball ticket in Michigan won $1 million in the Saturday, Aug. 8 drawing, according to the Michigan Lottery.
The ticket matched the five white balls — 5, 9, 35, 54 and 63.
The ticket was sold at Big Top Market at 3630 Clyde Park Ave. SW in Wyoming.
Three other tickets — sold in Arizona, Florida and New York — matched the five white balls to also win $1 million each.
No one won the Powerball jackpot in the Saturday drawing, increasing the prize for the Monday, Aug. 10 drawing to $905 million ($391.9 million cash value), the eighth-largest jackpot in Powerball history.
Monday’s drawing will be the 43rd consecutive drawing in the current jackpot, according to Powerball. The Powerball jackpot was last won May 2, when tickets sold in Florida and Texas split a $20 million jackpot.
The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan was worth $842.4 million and sold in January 2024 at Food Castle in Grand Blanc.
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Rain and thunderstorms moved through southeast Michigan on Wednesday night, knocking down power lines, leaving thousands of outages, and prompting school closures.
And more severe weather could be on the way for the region, according to the National Weather Service.
Wednesday, the weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Wayne County that was in effect until 1 a.m. Thunderstorm warnings had been issued for Oakland, Washtenaw, Livingston and Macomb counties that were in effect until 11:45 p.m. Wednesday.
NWS also issued a flood warning for rivers, creeks, streams and low-lying areas in southwest Macomb County, southern Oakland County and northern Wayne County until 5:30 a.m. Thursday due to expected heavy rainfall of up to 2 inches.
Outages
DTE Energy on Thursday reported 86,191 of its more than 2 million customers were without power due to the storms, as of 7 a.m. The majority of its affected customers are in Metro Detroit, but nearly 22,000 were in Livingston County, according to DTE’s online power outage map.
“Extreme weather hit Southeast Michigan overnight, and DTE’s Storm Response Teams are working hard to restore power to impacted customers as quickly and safely as possible,” the company said in a statement. “Please stay safe. Keep at least 25 feet away from any downed power lines and anything they are in contact with — consider them live and dangerous.”
Meanwhile, Consumers Energy said about 1,600 of its customers are dealing with outages on Thursday.
The hardest hit counties, in terms of total outages, included Oakland, Wayne, Livingston and Macomb, according to PowerOutage.com, which aggregates outage information from utilities across the country.
School closures, roads affected
Several school districts across the region said classes were canceled Thursday due to power outages, including Center Line Public Schools in Macomb County, Howell Public Schools in Livingston County, and Madison Heights Public Schools in Oakland County.
“Due to power outages throughout the district as well as damage and debris caused by high winds, all Center Line Public Schools will be closed today, September 3rd,” officials said on the district’s website.
Howell school officials posted a similar message on its website Thursday: “Due to widespread power outages impacting several of our schools and the Transportation Department, Howell Public Schools will be closed today, Thursday, September 3, 2026.”
State officials also reported closures on Interstate 96 and Interstate 94 early Thursday due to flooding from the storms.
More storms possible Thursday ahead of a slight cool-down
Weather service officials said there’s a marginal-to-slight risk of severe thunderstorms in Southeast Michigan on Thursday.
“Severe weather will be possible at all times today, but most favorable timing will be this afternoon into late tonight,” they said. “Damaging winds, large, and localized flooding are the main concerns.”
Winds could produce gusts of up to 70 mph, officials said. Hail of up to 1.5 inches in size is possible, along with localized flooding due to repeated thunderstorm activity, according to the weather service.
In the meantime, the NWS Thursday area forecast calls for a repeat of warm and humid conditions with heat indices in the 90s. The heat index is how the weather will feel due to the combination of the high temperature and humidity.
Detroit’s high temperature could reach 89 degrees on Thursday, the weather service said.
The city’s dewpoint could hit 74 by 11 a.m., according to the agency’s forecast. Detroit’s heat index could top 96 by 3 p.m.
NWS officials said the region’s warmest areas on Thursday will likely be found closer between the state’s border with Ohio north into Metro Detroit.
Detroit’s average monthly high temperature in September is 74.4, according to the agency’s data. Detroit’s average low for the month is 55.5. Motown’s hottest Sept. 3 on record was in 1953 with 100 degrees, the data said.
Shower and thunderstorm chances are expected to continue Friday, NWS officials said.
“Additional rounds of showers and storms then becomes increasingly likely late (Thursday night) into Friday morning as an elevated warm front strengthens from Southeast Wisconsin into lower Michigan,” they said. “Friday will again offer additional chances for rain and thunderstorm before ridge amplification across the Plains aids in reinforcing high pressure over the Great Lakes, which will work to decrease rain and thunderstorm chances this weekend.”
Detroit’s high temperature on Friday is expected to fall to 82, the agency said.
Temperatures in the city continue their decline into the weekend, with highs falling to 78 on Saturday and 78 on Sunday.
Detroit’s Labor Day forecast calls for a high of 80 degrees and mostly sunny skies.
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