Northwest Indiana Residents Face Prolonged Power Outages Amid Ongoing Storm Recovery Effor
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Thousands of residents of north-west Indiana on Saturday were headed for their 11th day without electric power after storms swept through the state, toppling trees and power lines, earlier in August.
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PBS NewsHourIndiana residents frustrated amid 10-day power outage following storms More than 70,000 people in northwestern Indiana are without power more than a week after a series of storms downed trees, knocked out power lines and flooded neighborhoods. Local officials are scrambling to restore electricity as frustrated residents accuse them of not doing enough. Stephanie Sy reports.
Washington PostTen days after storm, thousands are still waiting for power in Indiana Residents are scrambling for generators, lining up for gas and bracing for a long recovery.
NPR NewsGARY, Ind. — Tens of thousands of residents in northwest Indiana were in survival mode Thursday as they endured a ninth day without power, throwing out spoiled food, lining up for hot meals and searching for places to charge their phones.
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The Northern Indiana Public Service Company (Nipsco), the region’s major utility company, said 33,124 customers were still without power on Saturday. And residents in the community of Gary have been told they may not see any restoration until Tuesday – two weeks after the 11 August start of a days-long period of potent storms and flooding that killed several people.
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NPR NewsNorthern Indiana Public Service Co. said 68,000 customers were still without power as of Thursday morning, the majority of them in Lake County beside the Illinois border. The utility said it has restored power to 306,500 others since Aug. 11. But power is not expected to be fully restored until Tuesday in some places, including Gary.
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As with Hurricane Lala, the Big Island is expected to bear the brunt of Moke’s rain and heavy winds as it passes south of a direct hit late Saturday into early Sunday.
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Washington TimesLike with Hurricane Lala, the Big Island is again expected to bear the brunt of the tropical weather, which was expected to be upgraded from a tropical depression to a tropical storm at some point Friday. The rain and heavy winds are expected to begin there late Saturday, with the storm continuing to move west across the islands through early Tuesday, said Casey Oswant, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Honolulu.
ABC NewsThe Big Island could see rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches. A new storm is forecast to bring flooding rain and potential mudslides to Hawaii's Big Island as residents there still recover from last week's Hurricane Lala.
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Hawaii Gov. Josh Green and other state officials held a news conference Thursday afternoon to update Lala recovery progress and urge people to prepare for the next storm.
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Associated PressHawaii Gov. Josh Green and other state officials held a news conference ahead of Moke, urging people to prepare by restocking food, medicine and other essentials.
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“There’s definitely tension in the air” at the thought of more rain in communities that floodwaters turned into rivers, said Tiffany Edwards Hunt, a teacher living in Keaau, on the east side of the Big Island. Associated Press reporter Alexa St. John contributed from Detroit.
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Washington Times“There’s definitely tension in the air” at the thought of more rain in communities that floodwaters turned into rivers, said Tiffany Edwards Hunt, a teacher living in Keaau, on the east side of the Big Island. “There were some areas that were completely washed out.”
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01 The Guardian US The powerless conditions have led to food lines, closed businesses, dead phones, no schools, spoiled food, dirty clothes, dry gas pumps and a multitude of other deleterious effects on life without energy.
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02 Associated Press “There will still be impacts, especially to the windward and southeast sides of the Big Island, but it will probably be a little bit more limited than what we saw with Lala,” Oswant said.
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03 Washington Times “There will still be impacts, especially to the windward and southeast sides of the Big Island, but it will probably be a little bit more limited than what we saw with Lala,” she said.
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04 ABC News Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches with maximum amounts of 5 inches are expected across the remainder of the Hawaiian Islands this weekend and early next week.
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05 NPR News In Gary, Indiana, schools remained closed after the deadly Aug. 11 storm downed trees and power lines. Residents turned to social media to find open laundromats and working Wi-Fi, while others sought food, diapers and cleaning wipes for low-income neighbors.
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