Storms Knock Out Power to 400,000 Customers Across Much of US

The storms forced airlines to cancel more than 4,000 flights nationwide on March 16.

One World Trade Center is shrouded in fog and rain in New York City on March 16, 2026. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

More than 400,000 homes and businesses across much of the United States were without power on March 16 as a series of storms hit the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and South.

An update from monitoring website PowerOutage.us showed that more than 121,000 customers were without power in Michigan as of Monday afternoon, and 72,000 didn’t have power in Florida. Thousands of power outages were also reported in Ohio, Texas, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and New York state, according to the site.