(La Porte County, IN) - There was scattered storm damage and power outages throughout Northwest Indiana yesterday afternoon.

 

We talked to Bob Johnson of Michigan City about a heavy piece of playground equipment made of wood upended in his backyard from the high winds.

 

“The wind came through and just picked it up and twisted it around and flipped it on its side,” he said.

 

Johnson said he went for a drive after the storm and spotted numerous fallen trees in the Town of Trail Creek.

 

“It looked like a tornado went through there.  All of the buds from the trees were laying on the ground. It was just littered with debris,” he said.

 

La Porte Street Department Superintendent Mike Frase said several trees fell including on homes in the K St. area.

 

“We didn’t have a lot of trees down.  Just a few,” he said.

 

According to NIPSCO, there were more than 540 customers still without power at 8:15 this morning in its La Porte customer service territory and about 1,300 customers still without service in its Michigan City customer service area.  NIPSCO also reported 400 customers still without power in the Westville area and nearly 200 in the Hamlet area.

 

More than 4,000 NIPSCO customers were still without power in the utility’s Valparaiso customer service area.