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UPDATED: More than 6,000 customers without power in Fort Wayne

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): More than 6,000 Indiana Michigan Power customers are without power in the Fort Wayne area due to recent storms.

I&M says 6,239 customers are without power in Fort Wayne as of 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Another 920 customers are still without electricity in the South Bend area, with less than 10 customers without power in the Elkhart area.

Officials say 90 percent restoration in the Fort Wayne area is expected by 10 p.m. Thursday night. Restoration for 90 percent of customers in the South Bend/Elkhart area is expected by 10 p.m. Wednesday night.

EARLIER: More than 5,000 Indiana Michigan Power customers are without power in Fort Wayne after Wednesday morning’s storms.

I&M says 5,050 customers are without power in the area, with 1,480 in the South Bend area and 250 in the Elkhart area. There is currently no estimated restoration time for the outages. Another update will be released at 1 p.m.

If you have an outage, use the Indiana Michigan power app to report and monitor the status of it. You can view the outage map here.

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