VALPARAISO, Ind. – Extreme climate that handed by Northwest Indiana Sunday afternoon left behind widespread harm and even resulted in a fatality in Valparaiso.
The storm system additionally affected the Chicago space, bringing robust wind gusts, heavy downpours and prompting a number of watches and warnings.
What we all know:
Wind gusts exceeding 80 miles per hour battered Northwest Indiana round 3 p.m.
Julyann Sentoro and her household have been inside their dwelling in Valparaiso when the excessive winds and heavy rain induced important harm.
“My youngest daughter was shutting the entrance home windows and that is after I heard that fall,” mentioned Sentoro. “Then we heard this different pine tree fall and that is after I was like ‘I believe we have to get to the basement.'”
Sentoro added that her household helped a pair whose bike grew to become stalled after branches blocked the highway.
“Truthfully I believe if there was a lesson, it is simply extra about coming collectively as a neighborhood… whether or not you already know one another or not,” Sentoro mentioned.
The extreme winds additionally induced a tractor-trailer to overturn at Pratt Industries in Valparaiso round 4:15 p.m.
The driving force, 34-year-old Jagbir Singh of Canada, died on the scene.
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In Highland, a big tree additionally snapped in half, touchdown on a household’s roof. Happily, the household was not dwelling on the time, and no accidents have been reported.
On the peak of the storm, NIPSCO reported almost 40,000 clients have been affected by energy outages as energy strains got here down.
What’s subsequent:
Cleanup efforts are anticipated to proceed over the following few days, as neighbors start assessing the widespread harm.
