More than 470,000 people are still without power across Michigan after the windstorm, RIA Novosti reported quoting Associated Press.

As Michigan Governor  Rick Snyder noted, at one point close to a third of the state's land area had no access to electricity after high winds knocked out power this week to more than a million utility customers.

According to him, about 472,000 customers are still without power after Wednesday's storm. It is expected that the problem will be resolved by Sunday.

 Snyder called the storm "unprecedented in terms of the number of power lines, poles broken."

Dozens of warming centers are open across Michigan. Temperatures were around 30 degrees Friday morning in the Detroit area and expected to remain cold throughout the weekend.