Power outages affect thousands in our area

Note: This story has been updated

Power companies are reporting a string of outages in our area due to last night’s strong storms with more than 9,000 customers without power.

According to Duke Energy, nearly 6 thousand customer are without power in our area. That includes nearly 4 thousand in Jackson County stretching from 3 thousand in Seymour, nearly 700 near Brownstown and 467 in Medora. The North Vernon area is showing more than 2 thousand without power, while in Bartholomew County there are 152 customers without power in the Grandview Lake area on the west side of the county. Only a single Duke Energy customer in Columbus itself is without power.

Bartholomew County REMC is reporting 10 customers without power

Jackson County REMC is reporting more than 2 thousand customers without power in its coverage area including more than 200 near Norman Station and more than 1,000 in and around Salem.

Southeastern Indiana REMC has just over 900 customers affected by power outages this morning

This total estimate is down from about 15,000 earlier this morning.

Johnson County REMC is reporting no customers without power this morning.