With sweltering heat slated to continue throughout the coming week, more than 1,000 Delaware County residents still remain without electricity as a result of severe weekend weather. The American Red Cross has opened cooling stations in the county with plans to keep them available as needed.
According to a press release issued by the Delaware County Emergency Management Agency, the American Red Cross has opened relief centers in Albany, Parker City and Muncie.
Dorann Ramsey, a volunteer with The Hoosier Heartland Red Cross, headquartered in Muncie, said Sunday afternoon that although attendance at the centers had been low, the areas will remain available as needed by the community.
"Depending on the circumstances, if there are people without air conditioning or if the electric goes out again because of a storm, [we'll be available]," Ramsey said. "We will look into it when the situation arises."
According to the Indiana Michigan Power website, as of Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. more than 76,000 customers were without electric service throughout the Indiana Michigan service area.
Allen County and Fort Wayne were the largest hit areas with 95 percent of customers in that area going without power.
Grant, Blackford, Jay, Madison, Delaware and Randolph counties are expected to have service restored by late Monday night.
More than 200 electric workers from Michigan, Kentucky, Illinois, West Virginia and Oklahoma have travelled to Indiana to assist with service restoration.
The estimated damage in the Fort Wayne service area is likely to take a longer time frame than those in less hard hit areas.
The company has preliminary hopes to restore service in all areas by late Wednesday night.
The National Weather Service predicted 90-degree weather and a chance of thunderstorms in the Muncie area throughout the week.
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