Large swaths of Northern Michigan are without power as the second day of icy weather downs power lines, tree branches and creates hazardous driving conditions.

Thousands of residents in northern Michigan are dealing with power outages as weekend storms with freezing rain move through the region.

The FOX Forecast Center continues to track a destructive winter storm that brought crippling ice accretions to communities across the northern U.S. from the Great Lakes region to the interior Northeast and northern New England over the weekend.