© David Guralnick / The Detroit NewsTom Micoli checks out a maple tree downed Monday by a storm on Burnside in Detroit. The harsh weather snapped tree limbs and knocked down wires around the Metro area, leaving thousands without power.
"It looks like it's going to continue to be rainy for this week," said Amos Dodson, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service.
NWS said there's a 30 percent chance of showers today, with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s. Another system brings showers and thunderstorms Wednesday, and rain is also in the forecast through Friday
The wet pattern follows a wild Monday with high winds, hail and downpours that knocked out power to 29,000, snapped tree limbs, damaged power lines and delayed flights at Metro Airport.
Hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter pelted Adrian and 65 mph winds rocked St. Clair Shores, where tree branches caused outages near 11 Mile and Jefferson, including at the police station, where officers had to rely on a generator.
Large tree limbs were down in places such as Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Ypsilanti and Livonia, the weather service reported. In Detroit, a maple tree crashed onto a car on Burnside.
The storm brought down power lines in several spots across Hamtramck. "We've been out on three different incidents," Fire Lt. Greg McBryar said. "Fortunately for us they've all been in the alley."
The 29,000 outages reported late Monday included about 15,000 in Redford and Hamtramck as well as 5,000 in western Wayne and Washtenaw, said DTE spokesman Alejandro Bodipo-Memba. Most were expected to be restored by today.
Meanwhile, CMS Energy Corp. said 11,000 lost power late Sunday and early Monday and all but 600 were back on line. And authorities suspected lightning in at least three fires in southwestern Michigan.
The severe weather was part of the same system that caused a massive tornado Sunday in Joplin, Mo., killing at least 116.
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