(La Porte County, IN) - A lot of NIPSCO customers were still without power this morning after last night’s strong storm.

 

High winds and heavy rain brought down trees, limbs and power lines.

 

NIPSCO reported over 1,000 customers in its Michigan City service area and more than 700 customers in its La Porte service area were without power at sunrise.

 

NIPSCO also reported over 40 customers in the Westville area still without service.

 

In New Buffalo, much of the city was in the dark last night but service has been restored for many of those customers.

 

However, Indiana Michigan Power Company reported  over 500 customers were still without service earlier this morning in its New Buffalo service area along with more than 1,500 and over 1,000 customers still without power in the Union Pier and Grand Beach areas.

 

There were also over 300 customers still without service earlier this morning in the Three Oaks area.