Midwest Storms Cut Power to 540,000, Knocking Out 8% of Indiana Customers
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 13
Midwest Storms Cut Power to 540,000, Knocking Out 8% of Indiana Customers
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 13
Summary
About 540,000 homes and businesses across the US Midwest lost power Thursday after severe storms battered the region, with Indiana accounting for more than 267,000 outages.
Nipsco alone had about 258,885 customers offline—roughly 55% of its Indiana base—and warned restoration could take days because of widespread damage to poles, lines and trees.
Duke Energy brought in 1,000 workers after more than 171,000 customers lost service across greater Cincinnati in the past 24 hours; about 46,200 remained without power in Ohio.
Flooding and storm damage also turned deadly: a 4-year-old boy was killed in Indiana, an Ohio resident died when responders could not reach a health emergency, and water rescues continued in Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
AccuWeather said repeated thunderstorms, damaging winds and flash-flood risks would keep threatening the Plains, Midwest and East through Thursday, extending a multiday stretch of tornadoes and heavy rain.