7:30 p.m.: Storms cut power to thousands in central Indiana

July 20, 2008 07:30 pm

— INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Severe thunderstorms slashed through central Indiana, downing trees and power lines and cutting electricity to more than 30,000 people.
Duke Energy reported a total of 28,000 customers had been without power at some point Sunday, while about 21,000 remained without power at 7:15 p.m. Another 3,700 Indianapolis Power and Light customers also were without power.
The biggest outage was in Hendricks County just west of Indianapolis, where nearly 5,700 Duke Energy customers were without power. About the same number lost power at some point in Johnson County south of the city, and nearly 4,000 remained without power Sunday night. Some 3,300 were without power in Morgan County.
Another 2,000 were without electricity in Bartholomew County, where trees and power lines were reported down throughout Columbus.