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Thousands in Indiana still without power a week after deadly storms

Thousands in Indiana still without power a week after deadly storms

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August 20th, 2026

Thousands in Indiana still without power a week after deadly storms

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More than a week after deadly storms hit northwest Indiana, tens of thousands of people still had no power Wednesday.

致命的な嵐インディアナ州北西部を襲ってから1週間以上が過ぎた水曜日何万人もの人々まだ電力を使えなかった

Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) said about 75,000 customers remained without electricity.

ノーザン・インディアナ・パブリック・サービス社(NIPSCO)は、約7万5千人の顧客まだ電気のない状態だと述べた

Most of them were in Lake County near the Illinois border.

そのほとんどは、イリノイ州との境界に近いレイク郡にいた

That included over 20,000 customers in Gary, where people lined up at community centers for hot meals and phone charging.

その中にはゲーリーの2万人以上の顧客が含まれ、そこでは人々が温かい食事と携帯電話の充電のためにコミュニティセンターに列を作った。

NIPSCO said full restoration in Gary is not expected until Aug. 25.

NIPSCOはゲーリーでの完全復旧8月25日まで見込まれない述べた

The storm brought winds of 99 mph and damaged about 300 poles and 44 transmission poles in the city.

この嵐は時速99マイルの風をもたらし市内の約300本の電柱44本の送電鉄塔損傷させた

Executive Melody Birmingham said the repairs are not simple and that systems are being rebuilt.

幹部のメロディ・バーミンガムは、修理は簡単ではなくシステムを再構築している述べた

She acknowledged the burden of losing food and living without air conditioning.

彼女は食料を失いエアコンなしで生活する負担認めた

The storm initially left 300,000 customers in the dark.

この嵐は当初30万人の顧客停電状態にした

Some Gary residents said they felt ignored.

ゲーリーの住民の中には無視されたと感じた人もいた

Birmingham, who is Black, denied that low-income residents were overlooked and blamed social media posts.

黒人であるバーミンガムは、低所得の住民見過ごされたことを否定しソーシャルメディアの投稿のせいにした

She said the outages affect affluent areas too and have nothing to do with race.

彼女は、停電裕福な地域にも影響しており人種とは関係ない述べた

Gary Mayor Eddie Melton said more than 600 linemen were working.

ゲーリー市長のエディ・メルトンは、600人以上の作業員働いている述べた

He called it a regional, not just a city, problem.

はそれを、市だけでなく地域の問題だと呼んだ。

State officials said eight people had died since the storms began Aug. 11, including a 4-year-old boy.

州当局は、嵐が8月11日に始まって以来、4歳の男の子含む8人が亡くなった発表した

In Whiting, 74-year-old Myra Carden lost power twice, including a new outage Tuesday.

ホワイティングでは74歳のマイラ・カーデンさんが2回停電を経験し火曜日にも新たな停電があった。

She said her outage reports only get a response that she already filed one.

彼女は、停電の報告をしてもすでに報告済みだという返答しか得られないと話した。

Carden uses a generator to keep her refrigerator running but only when someone is home to watch it.

カーデンさんは冷蔵庫を動かすために発電機を使うが、誰かが家にいて見守っている時だけだ。

August 20th, 2026

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