(La Porte County, IN) - NIPSCO reported about 1,000 customers were left without power in the La Porte and Michigan City areas during a late Thursday morning storm.

 

According to the NIPSCO website, close to 700 customers at 10 a.m. were still without service in Michigan City and the surrounding area, while more than 350 customers with a La Porte zip code had no power.

 

The outages were in places near Michigan Boulevard and other locations near Pahs Road and Johnson Road.

 

Bob Johnson of Michigan City said he was able to travel only about 40 miles per hour on U.S. 20 while driving to South Bend this morning.

 

“A little white knuckle driving for a while,” he said.

 

He said it was raining hard enough to cause vehicles to hydroplane in puddles forming on parts of the four lane highway in the outside lane.

 

Indiana Michigan Power reported just a handful of outages in the Rolling Prairie area.

 

“It’s a good day to be a duck or stay home,” he said.