(Merrillville, IN) - About 10,000 NIPSCO customers remained without power Monday after tornado packed storms Thursday night left well over 80,000 customers without power.

According to NIPSCO, the only community in La Porte County still with outages is in Long Beach with power estimated to return there by 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

The utility company estimated power will be totally restored by 6 p.m. Tuesday in other places like Hobart, Lake Station and Nappanee.  NIPSCO said power will not be restored to everyone in Merrillville and Portage until 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

Indiana Michigan Power Company reports no remaining customer outages.