An ice storm passed through northern Michigan on Saturday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers in the area.

A historic ice storm that knocked out power over the weekend to a large swath of Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula has wreaked havoc on daily life.

A long recovery remains ahead for the Northern Lower Michigan communities that were hit by an ice storm during the weekend of March 28-30. Some students will have had at least two weeks off school once they return, and thousands of residents still do not have power.