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Gary Indiana power outage August 2026
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FIRST ENTRY AUG 25
AUG 25 · Day 1
Gary, Indiana power outage stretches into third week
Nearly 5,000 Northwest Indiana residences were preparing to enter their third week without electricity following severe storms on Aug. 11.
Indiana Governor Mike Braun formally requested major disaster relief from FEMA.
State aid of about $5,000 for food and other basic necessities has been made available for displaced families.
“We’re telling the governor to increase SNAP benefits, before folks starve. They cut SNAP benefits a few months ago. This is a day by day decision making process. So when [we] talk about voting, it’s a serious matter.”
EDDIE MELTON
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