Northwest Indiana Groups Distribute Free Meals to 300,000 Outage-Hit Residents as Restoration Takes Days
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Updated · nwitimes.com · Aug 13
Northwest Indiana Groups Distribute Free Meals to 300,000 Outage-Hit Residents as Restoration Takes Days
3 articles · Updated · nwitimes.com · Aug 13
Summary
Hundreds of thousands of Northwest Indiana residents remained without power Thursday, prompting community groups and retailers to hand out free meals across the Region.
Strack & Van Til said it will distribute free meals through Saturday as families cope with food spoilage and limited ability to cook after the storms.
The meal effort follows severe storms that ravaged Munster and other communities, with earlier reports putting outages at about 300,000 and utilities warning restoration will take days.
The food response has become part of a wider recovery that has also strained roads, fuel supplies and school openings across Northwest Indiana.