After users in Ontario and Quebec reported a widespread outage of Bell Canada's services this morning, the company said an update triggered the interruption and that it had since fully restored its system.

One Manitoba man died of a heart attack while family and friends tried — unsuccessfully — to reach 911 for 90 minutes. Another man was put on hold by 911 while a fire threatened his home.

A series of thunderstorms swept across lower Michigan late Thursday and into early Friday morning, leaving thousands without power. The National Weather Service shows a report of a tornado southwest of Lansing, with several tornado warning alerts in Oakland County early Friday.