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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.

致命風暴襲擊印第安納州西北部一週多後週三仍有數萬人沒有電力。

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

北印第安納公共服務公司(NIPSCO)表示約有七萬五千名用戶仍然沒有電力

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

其中大多數位於靠近伊利諾州邊界萊克縣

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

這包括加里市超過兩萬名用戶當地居民在社區中心排隊領取熱食為手機充電

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

NIPSCO表示,加里的全面恢復預計要到8月25日才能完成

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

這場風暴帶來每小時99英里的強風,並損壞了市內約300根電線桿和44根輸電桿

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

主管梅洛迪·伯明翰表示修復工作並不簡單系統正在重建中

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

她承認食物損失和沒有冷氣的生活帶來很大負擔

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

這場風暴最初導致30萬用戶停電

Some Gary residents said they felt ignored.

一些加里居民他們感到被忽略

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

伯明翰是黑人,她否認低收入居民被忽略,並歸咎於社交媒體上的貼文

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

她說停電也影響富裕地區與種族無關

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

加里市長埃迪·梅爾頓,有超過六百名線路工人正在工作

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

他稱這是區域性問題,而不只是城市問題。

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

州官員表示,自8月11日暴風雨開始以來,已有八人死亡其中包括一名四歲男孩

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

在懷廷74歲的邁拉·卡登兩次停電包括週二一次新停電

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

她說她的停電通報只得到回覆說她已經提交過一次

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

卡登用發電機讓冰箱繼續運轉但只有家裡有人看著的時候才這樣做。

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