美国中西部周四遭遇严重风暴，约54万户家庭和企业因此停电[1]。其中印第安纳州受灾最为严重，超过26.7万户停电，约占全州330万客户的8%[1]。Northern Indiana Public Service Company公司有258885户客户断电，相当于其468000名客户的55%[1]，而Duke Energy在辛辛那提周边地区的停电户数为46200户，占其俄亥俄州768281名客户的6%[1]。Duke Energy已调派1000名工人投入恢复工作[1]。
风暴伴随龙卷风、暴雨和闪电洪水持续数日[1]，造成多人伤亡。印第安纳州日内瓦市一名四岁男孩在周二风暴中被树木击中身亡[1]。俄亥俄州州长Mike DeWine表示，罗斯维尔一名居民因救援人员无法通过被洪水淹没的道路而在健康紧急情况中丧生[1]。
Severe storms swept through the US Midwest on Thursday, leaving approximately 540,000 homes and businesses without power [1]. Indiana bore the brunt of the damage, with more than 267,000 customers losing electricity—representing about 8 percent of the state's 3.3 million total customers [1]. Northern Indiana Public Service Company experienced the most significant disruption, with 258,885 of its 468,000 customers affected, constituting 55 percent of its service area [1]. Duke Energy reported 46,200 outages in the Cincinnati region, accounting for 6 percent of its 768,281 Ohio customers [1].
The storms produced tornadoes, heavy rainfall, and flash flooding across the region [1]. At least two deaths have been confirmed: a four-year-old boy was struck by a tree in Geneva, Indiana during the Tuesday storm [1], and a Roseville resident in Ohio died during a health emergency when first responders could not reach the area due to flooding, according to Ohio Governor Mike DeWine [1]. Utility crews mobilized to restore services, with Duke Energy deploying 1,000 workers for recovery efforts [1]. Power companies expect some areas to remain without electricity for several days [1].