“To me, it looks like a bowling ball. Not a baseball, not a golf ball,” said Tara Harper, who described the frozen pellet she said hit her car and damaged her windshield.

Not just any ice – a bowling ball-sized chunk that exploded into pieces upon impact. The force was enough to go through multiple layers of Piche's metal roof. "I called a couple of neighbors over.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for 10 counties in northern lower Michigan following a severe ice storm that struck the region yesterday.

A meteorologist with the National Weather Service said it was the worst ice storm in the area in the past 50 years. Michiganders took to social media to share photos and videos of the aftermath.

Severe ice storms the weekend of March 28-30 caused widespread damage throughout northern Michigan, leading Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to declare a 12-county disaster area, including Alcona, Alpena ...