More than 70,000 people in northwestern Indiana lost power. The outage lasted 10 days and entered its second week.

Deadly storms caused the outage. About 68,000 customers still had no power Thursday morning.

The outage began after a storm on August 11. That storm knocked down trees and power lines.

It also flooded neighborhoods across the region. About 300,000 customers initially lost power.

The energy company NIPSCO called it their largest outage ever. NIPSCO described the storm damage as historic.

Local officials and NIPSCO worked to restore electricity. Some residents got power back then lost it again.

Frustrated residents said local officials were not doing enough. Schools stayed closed in Gary, Indiana.

Health concerns grew due to heat and food loss. The ongoing outages also worried residents.