Storm downs trees and powerlines, as tens of thousands remain without power
Strong winds and heavy rain across the South Bend region left a trail of destruction, downing multiple trees, powerlines and causing severe damage to multiple structures.
No injuries have been reported, as a tornado watch that the National Weather Service to issued early in the day expired just after 6 p.m.
The power outage map on the Indiana Michigan Power company’s website showed numerous outages affecting nearly 50,000 customers as of 6 p.m. Sunday.
Meanwhile, Indiana Michigan Power and NIPSCO are both reporting tens of thousands of customers without power. Indiana Michigan Power was reporting nearly 41,000 customers without power as of 5:45 p.m., and NIPSCO was reporting about 34,500 customers without power.
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Those numbers had by 7 p.m. risen to 60,000 Indiana Michigan Power customers and 36,000 NIPSCO customers.
There were also multiple reports of trees down around the area.
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Severe weather on Sunday, March 30 felled this tree, which blocked traffic on Lincoln Way East at Vernon Street in South Bend.
Severe weather on Sunday, March 30 felled this tree, which blocked traffic on Lincoln Way East at Vernon Street in South Bend.
Tim St. Clair cuts down a broken part of a tree that fell on his property in the 17000 block of Ireland Road in South Bend Sunday afternoon in the storm. The large branch missed his wife’s car and did not damage the home or other trees on the property, he said.
This developing story will be updated.
This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Tornado watch expires in South Bend area as thousands remain in dark
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