(LaPorte County, IN) - Thousands of people were still without power this morning due to strong storms last evening.

According to NIPSCO, just over 400 customers were without service in LaPorte as of 6 a.m.

The number of outages in places like Westville, Wanatah and North Liberty were in the double digits.

Over five thousand NIPSCO customers in Valparaiso, though, were still without service, NIPSCO said.

In New Buffalo, Indiana Michigan Power Company reports more than 1,300 customers still without service and over 1,700 without power in the Springville area as of 6 a.m.