Half a million customers still without power in Michigan as temperatures plunge

Half a million homes and businesses remained without power across southern Michigan on Friday night after an ice storm battered the region and officials warned electricity may not return for many until Sunday.

On the other side of the country, forecasters said a storm was set to drench Southern California and pummel higher elevations with blizzard conditions and heavy snowfall.

Flooding, downed trees and damaged power lines were likely into Saturday morning as the storm moves across the state, the National Weather Service said.