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Gov. Mike Braun called on the local utility to “match the urgency” of Gary area residents who have had to endure an outage approaching its second week.
Several days of powerful storms killed at least seven people and displaced about 1,000 in northwest Indiana, with record rainfall flooding several communities. Thousands in Gary remained without power approaching a second week, and Governor Mike Braun urged the local utility to match residents' urgency. Full restoration was not expected until the following week.
NYTimes – US Gov. Mike Braun called on the local utility to “match the urgency” of Gary area residents who have had to endure an outage approaching its second week.
Several days of powerful storms walloped northwest Indiana, killing at least seven people and displacing about 1,000. The storms brought record rainfall that flooded several communities.
NYTimes – US Gov. Mike Braun called on the local utility to “match the urgency” of Gary area residents who have had to endure an outage approaching its second week.
NYTimes – US Floods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, where a third of residents live below the poverty line and full restoration isn’t expected until next week.
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