About 117,000 homes and businesses remained without power Thursday night after thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail, strong winds and frequent lightning swept across Michigan's Lower Peninsula.

Jackson-based CMS Energy Corp. said about 112,000 of its customers had no electricity and power in some rural and hard-hit areas was not expected to be restored until Saturday or even Sunday in some places, including Kent, Allegan, Ottawa and Calhoun counties. About 5,000 DTE Energy Co. customers were without power, and electricity was not expected to be fully restored until Saturday, the Detroit-based utility said.

WWJ-AM said water on Detroit-area freeways snarled the Thursday morning commute, with scattered accidents and freeway closures.

A lightning strike sparked a structure fire Wednesday that caused a minor injury to a Grand Rapids firefighter. WOOD-TV reported that more than 5 inches of rain fell on that city, while an 87 mph wind gust was recorded along the shore of Lake Michigan just south of Grand Haven.

Rising waters blocked several streets in Grand Rapids during the storms. Police were dispatched to help motorists whose cars had stalled, then began to float, The Grand Rapids Press reported.

A fallen tree blocked part of eastbound Interstate 94 near Kalamazoo for a few hours Thursday night, the Kalamazoo Gazette reported.

Streets were flooded throughout Battle Creek and numerous trees were uprooted in Calhoun County, as winds gusted up to 64 mph at W.K. Kellogg International Airport, the Battle Creek Enquirer reported.