Many still without power in Indy as severe weather risk continues

UPDATE: As of 11:00 p.m. Sunday, July 2, AES Indiana reports 11,297 Indianapolis residents are without power. You can find live outage updates here.

Indianapolis will remain under a severe weather risk coupled with an extreme heat index through Saturday night as thousands remain without power, the National Weather Service said. Officials are urging customers and residents to have emergency safety plans in place. Approximately 81,000 customers were affected by storms that produced high winds and lightning and more than 47,000 customers were without power on June 30.  

Severe weather Thursday night caused “significant damage” to power lines and equipment, an AES Spokesperson said.  

With more storms headed to Central Indiana, and the severity of damage caused by fallen trees, customers could experience extended outages. AES urges customers to have an emergency safety plan in place.  Out of state crews are helping with restoratione efforts, spokesperon for AES Kelly Young said.  

“We’re in full storm restoration mode,” Kelly said.  

Due to high temperatures, NWS recommends taking extra precautions when working or spending time outside, know the signs and symptoms of heat stroke or exhaustion and take frequent breaks in shaded or air-conditioned environments when possible. More information on signs and symptoms of heat stroke can be found here.  

For more outage safety information, click here

Indianapolis agencies respond

Indy Department of Public had three dozen team members working throughout the night to help clear limbs and take inventory of stop light outages.  

Indy Parks Family Centers will be available as cooling locations June 30 and July 1. Rhodius Park Family Center will be closed on Friday and Saturday. Christian Park Family Center will be closed on Saturday. The department will continue to provide updates here.  

If you encounter downed traffic signals or trees blocking a roadway, contact the Mayor’s Action Center at 317-327-4622 or here.  

The Indianapolis Fire Department remains 100% operational and does not anticipate any changes or additions to their response model, the city said in a statement. Station 1 on West 10th street, Station 22 on Dr. Andrew J Brown and Station 31 on North College Avenue were without power last night.  

Three other stations were without power, but running on generators, the statement said.  

Marion County Information Services will continue to monitor outages.  

Contact staff writer Jayden Kennett at 317-762-7847 or by email JaydenK@indyrecorder.com. Follow her on Twitter @JournoJay.