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A week after catastrophic storms, tens of thousands across Indiana remain without electrical power.

A week after catastrophic storms, tens of thousands across Indiana remain without electrical power.

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August 20th, 2026

A week after catastrophic storms, tens of thousands across Indiana remain without electrical power.

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Over a week after cataclysmic storms decimated arboreal canopies and severed the region's electrical infrastructure, an estimated tens of thousands of inhabitants across northwestern Indiana were still bereft of power as of Wednesday, underscoring the protracted and severe aftermath of the calamitous weather event.

壊滅的な暴風雨樹冠を壊滅させ地域の電力インフラを寸断してから一週間以上が経過した後も水曜日時点でインディアナ州北西部の推定数万人の住民依然として電力のない状態にありこの惨禍をもたらした気象事象の長期にわたる深刻な余波浮き彫りにしている

Northern Indiana Public Service Co. announced that crews were toiling indefatigably to remedy the outages, yet by late afternoon, 75,000 patrons remained bereft of electrical power, chiefly in Lake County, which lies adjacent to the Illinois border.

ノーザン・インディアナ・パブリック・サービス社は、作業員ら停電の復旧に疲れを知らず奮闘している発表したものの午後遅くになってもなお、主としてイリノイ州境に隣接するレイク郡において7万5千人の需要家電力供給を奪われたままとなっていた

The cohort comprised in excess of twenty thousand clientele in Gary, where denizens once more congregated at communal centers to procure warm repasts and a facility for recharging their handheld devices.

その集団ゲーリーにおいて二万人を超える顧客から成りそこでは住民たち再びコミュニティセンターに集い温かい食事携帯端末を充電する設備調達していた

The latest intelligence for Gary proved unfavorable: NIPSCO indicated that complete restoration is not anticipated there until August 25.

ゲーリーに関する最新の情報芳しいものではなかった:NIPSCOは、同地で完全復旧8月25日まで見込まれないと表明した。

In the aftermath of the storm, which unleashed winds of 99 mph (159 kilometers per hour), approximately 300 poles44 of which are power transmission polesare slated for repair or replacement in Gary, as articulated by Melody Birmingham, an executive at NIPSCO's parent company.

嵐の余波として時速99マイル(159キロメートル)の風を解き放ったその嵐の後ゲーリーでは約300本の電柱——そのうち44本は送電用鉄塔——が修理または交換の予定であると、NIPSCOの親会社の幹部であるメロディー・バーミンガムが明言した

Birmingham acknowledged the "real burden" of losing perishable food and people enduring days without air conditioning in the wake of a "historic storm" that initially plunged 300,000 customers into darkness.

バーミンガムは、当初30万人の顧客を停電に陥れた「歴史的な嵐」の余波で生鮮食品を失い、人々が数日間にわたり冷房なしで耐え忍ぶという「真の負担」を認めた

"These are not mere repairs," Birmingham declared at a press conference.

これらは単なる修繕ではない」とバーミンガムは記者会見で宣言した

"These are entire systems being comprehensively reconstructed."

これらは包括的に再構築されているシステム全体である。」

Jeremy Spurrier, 51, expressed that he deems himself exceedingly fortunate to be in possession of a generator at his domicile in Portage, situated approximately 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Chicago.

51歳のジェレミー・スパリアーはシカゴの南西約40マイル(64キロメートル)に位置するポーテージの自宅に発電機を所有していることをこの上なく幸運なことだと述べた

Nevertheless, the fiscal burden of its operation is onerousit expends roughly $75 in fuel each dayand Spurrier indicated that his family now depends on non-perishable victuals such as soup.

とはいえその運転にかかる経済的負担苛酷を極める——毎日およそ75ドルの燃料を消費する——そしてスパリアーは、家族が今やスープなど保存食に依存していると明かした。

He undertakes periodic excursions into Illinois to acquire ice for the purpose of maintaining his insulin at a chilled temperature.

彼はインスリンを冷蔵温度に保つためイリノイ州へ定期的に足を運んで氷を調達している

Should the ice supply be exhausted, that would represent several hundred dollarsworth of insulin rendered utterly worthless,” he remarked.

氷の供給が尽きればそれは数百ドル相当のインスリン完全に無価値となることを意味するだろう」と彼は述べた

Gary, a predominantly African American metropolis, has borne the brunt of the crisis with particular severity, as certain inhabitants voice their exasperation over perceived neglect.

ゲーリーはアフリカ系アメリカ人が多数を占める大都市であり、一部の住民が認識された放置に対する憤懣を表明する中、危機の矢面に立たされその影響を殊更に深刻に受けてきた

Birmingham, conversely, refuted allegations that economically disadvantaged residents were being disregarded, attributing such claims to social media dissemination.

対照的にバーミンガムは経済的に恵まれない住民が軽視されているという申し立てを否定しそのような主張はソーシャルメディアでの拡散に起因するとした

We have areas that are probably affluent where we still have customers out as well.... This has nothing to do with race or any type of division,” said Birmingham, who is Black.

「我々には、おそらく富裕層が住む地域でもいまだに停電が続いている顧客がいるのです……。これは人種やいかなる分断とも無関係です」と、黒人であるバーミンガムは述べた

Its really a matter of where the storm hit.”

「実に、嵐がどこを直撃したかという問題に過ぎません。」

Gary Mayor Eddie Melton conceded that residents were "frustrated and exhausted," yet affirmed that upward of 600 linemen were laboring to restore electricity throughout the city.

ゲーリー市長エディ・メルトンは、住民たちが「苛立ちと疲弊の極みにある」と認めつつも600人を超える送電線作業員市全域の電力復旧に尽力している断言した

I must underscore that this is unequivocally not merely a Gary-specific predicament; rather, it constitutes a broader northwest Indiana exigency,” Melton asserted.

これは断じてゲーリー市だけの問題ではなくより広範なインディアナ州北西部の喫緊の課題であることを強調せねばなりませんとメルトン氏は断言した

A 4-year-old boy, three men, and three women were enumerated among the casualties since the storms commenced on August 11, as per Liz Woods, the spokesperson for the state Department of Homeland Security.

8月11日に暴風雨が始まって以来の犠牲者の中には4歳の男児男性3名女性3名数えられている州国土安全保障省の報道官リズ・ウッズは述べた。

In Whiting, Myra Carden, 74, affirmed that her abode had remained wholly unscathed by the tempest's fury — “not even a chair was blown over in the yard.”

ホワイティングでは74歳のマイラ・カーデンが自宅は嵐の猛威によって完全に無傷のままであった断言した——「庭の椅子さえも吹き飛ばされなかった」と。

Nevertheless, she found herself obliged to withstand her second electrical blackout on Wednesday.

それにもかかわらず、彼女は水曜日に二度目の停電耐え忍ばざるを得ない状況に身を置くこととなった。

Carden, her son, and their three dogs were bereft of electrical power for a span exceeding forty-eight hours last week, only to have the current severed anew on Tuesday.

先週カーデン息子と三匹の犬とともに四十八時間を超える期間にわたり電力供給を断たれるという憂き目に遭い、その矢先、火曜日には再び送電が遮断されるに至った

"On more than one occasion, I have submitted an outage report," she remarked.

停電報告一度ならず提出いたしましたと彼女は述べた

"The sole response I receive is, 'You have already filed a report.' Well, what am I expected to do?... This is utterly nonsensical.

私が受け取る唯一の返答は、『既に報告書を提出済みです』というものです。さて私は何をすべきだとお思いですか?……これはまったくもって理不尽極まりありません

Naturally, I am not a lineman; I am a paralegal."

当然ながら私は電線工事士ではございません私はパラリーガルでございます。」

Carden deploys a generator to sustain the refrigerator's ceaseless hum, yet only when a household member is present to supervise its operation.

カーデンは冷蔵庫の絶え間ない唸りを維持するために発電機を配備するが、それは家庭内の誰かがその運転を監督している場合に限られる。

"Our garage houses a deep freeze, replete with beef and chicken to its utmost capacity.

我が家のガレージには冷凍庫が置かれ牛肉鶏肉満杯に満たされております。

I am wholly persuaded that the entirety of its contents will ultimately be consigned to waste," she remarked.

その中身の全てが結局は廃棄される運命にある確信しておりますと彼女は述べた

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