Most residents of northwestern Indiana now have power roughly two weeks after a powerful storm uprooted trees and felled power lines on Aug. 11. Still, some remain without it.
According to numbers released by Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) on Tuesday, 3,319 customers did not have power, including 711 as a result of the storm. The power company said it expects to restore power to residents in Gary, Portage and Lake Station by midnight.
The derecho — a powerful wind-and-thunder storm that sent 99-mph winds through Gary — and tornadoes cut power to more than 300,000 residents in the area. For more than a week, some residents lived in the dark, waiting in long lines for gas and scrambling to get generators.
Last week, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) called the situation “unacceptable,” saying that the utility company needs to “step up, take this seriously and restore power now.”
Adriana Harris, who lived without power for almost 10 days, said on Tuesday that the electricity was restored at her mother’s residence but not her grandmother’s: “Honestly, recovery has not started yet. Getting the power back on just shed light on all the disaster.”
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