Damaging winds and storms have left almost 3,000 Great Lakes Energy members without power this afternoon. Some of the areas affected include Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo and Osceola Counties. No estimates of restoration are available at this time as damaging winds are expected to continue into Wednesday afternoon. Current outage information by counties and townships that is updated every 15 minutes can be viewed on the great lakes energy website, www.gtlakes.com, by clicking on Storm Central.