(Merrillville, IN) - There are still a lot of power outages from Tuesday’s hurricane-like storm but NIPSCO is making progress.

According to NIPSCO, the number of customers without power in its La Porte service territory has dropped from over 16,000 to just under 9,000 early this afternoon.  In the Michigan City area, NIPSCO reports customer outages have dropped from more than 9,000 to just over 2,600 by 1 p.m.

According to NIPSCO, it might take until Tuesday night to restore power for 90-percent of its storm impacted customers and next Friday night before all customers have electrical service back on.

So far, no estimated restoration times have been given for specific neighborhoods. Periodic updates will be given on estimated power restoration times, NIPSCO said.