Storms knocked out power across Southwest Michigan.

KALAMAZOO, MI --

More than 13,000 Consumers Energy customers in

were without power early Saturday morning, according to a

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ripped through the area just before midnight knocking down many trees and power lines.

In Allegan County over 2,000 Consumers Energy customers were without electricity after the storm and nearly 1,000 Barry County residents also lost power.

Kalamazoo was among the hardest areas hit, with over 10,000 customer's electricity service affected, according to the outage map.

Information on when service is expected to be restored was not immediately available.