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Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
400,000 without power as Midwest battered by severe weather
More than 400,000 customers across the Midwest were without power in the early hours of Monday after severe weather battered the region. As of 5:30 a.m. ET, more than 292,000 customers were without power in Michigan, according to -- a website that tracks power outages throughout the country. Another 56,000 were disconnected in Wisconsin, 53,000 in Indiana, 15,000 in Kentucky and 13,000 in Ohio, the website said. ABC News Chicago affiliate WLS reported that one person was killed in Valparaiso, Indiana, when "severe crosswinds" blew a tractor and a trailer onto their sides, according to a statement by Sgt. Benjamin McFalls of the Porter County Sheriff's Office. Severe weather was forecast for much of the Midwest and South as the storm traveled eastward through the weekend. More than 75 million Americans were in the threat zone of the storm as of late Sunday. The system was expected to bring a range of hazardous weather impacts, including severe thunderstorms and a wintry blast on the northern side. MORE: Millions braced for dangerous severe weather -- including possible tornadoes Sunday's forecast said the severe weather was due to move to the East Coast and I-95 corridor from Upstate New York all the way south to Tallahassee and New Orleans on Monday. Damaging winds will be the biggest threat for northern cities but tornadoes cannot be ruled out across southern areas. ABC News Darren Reynolds and Jessica Gorman contributed to this report. 400,000 without power as Midwest battered by severe weather originally appeared on
Chicago Tribune
24-02-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Man killed in U.S. 20 crash in Porter County
A man was killed when he drove his pickup truck left of center and crashed head-on into a semi on U.S. 20 and Brummitt Road in Porter County Monday morning. The man's identity has not been released, pending notification of his family. He died at the crash scene, which is in Westchester Township in Porter County. According to the Porter County Sheriff's Office, the man was driving his 2024 Ford Ranger westbound on U.S. 20 when he decided to pass a slower-moving vehicle just before 9 a.m. Monday. For reasons unknown, the pickup truck went left of center and struck an eastbound semi in the left lane. The driver of the semi-trailer attempted to avoid the collision and veered right, striking another eastbound semi. No other injuries were reported. The crash shut down that section of U.S. 20 for hours because cleanup was expected to take 'an incredible amount of effort and time,' Sgt. Benjamin McFalls, the department's public information officer, said in a release. Porter County's Crash Reconstruction team also was investigating the crash scene.
