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Thousands struggling without power in Indiana 12 days after severe storms

In the town of Gary, where a third of residents live in poverty, people say they have been living in "survival mode".

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In the town of Gary, where a third of residents live in poverty, people say they have been living in "survival mode". Nearly two weeks after a damaging storm struck her town in Indiana, Terry Dubois is one of tens of thousands of people still without power. Her son brought her a power bank so she can charge her phone and keep in touch with the outside world. "I've never seen a storm like that in my entire life. A wave of sudden, severe storms brought flooding and tornadoes to the US Midwest on 11 August, including to Chicago and Indiana, where seven people were killed. Power has been restored to more than 345,000 customers since the storm struck, but almost 30,000 were still without power as of Sunday morning, according to the area's electrical company Northern Indiana Public Service Company (Nipsco). In the first few days after the storm, petrol stations, supermarkets and pharmacies were without power, leaving people to survive on what they had. As the outage stretched into a second week, global food charity World Central Kitchen arrived to help people without access to food.

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From the storyIn the town of Gary, where a third of residents live in poverty, people say they have been living in "survival mode".

damaging storm struck her townCollocation

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From the storyNearly two weeks after a damaging storm struck her town in Indiana, Terry Dubois is one of tens of thousands of people still without power.

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From the storyNearly two weeks after a damaging storm struck her town in Indiana, Terry Dubois is one of tens of thousands of people still without power.

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From the storyHer son brought her a power bank so she can charge her phone and keep in touch with the outside world.

flooding and tornadoes to theCollocation

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From the storyA wave of sudden, severe storms brought flooding and tornadoes to the US Midwest on 11 August, including to Chicago and Indiana, where seven people were killed.

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