Storms knock out power in UP

IRON MOUNTAIN — Hundreds of power outages were reported as severe weather hit the Upper Peninsula early Monday evening, with much of the region placed under a tornado watch and some counties having tornado warnings. More than 1,600 customers were reported out of service in Alger and Schoolcraft counties and there were extensive outages in Marquette and Delta counties as well, extending south into Menominee County, according to poweoutage.us. We Energies listed nearly 50 outages in Iron County. A tornado watch issued by the National Weather Service was in effect until 11 p.m. Central time…