In the today's other headlines, more than 70,000 people in northwest Indiana are without power.

More than a week after a series of storms down trees, knocked out power lines, and flooded neighborhoods across the state.

Seven people have died.

Local officials are scrambling to restore electricity as frustrated residents accuse them of not doing enough.

Stephanie Sai has this report.

As power crews struggle to get the lights back on in northwest Indiana, residents are waiting in the dark.

We are now on day 10.

No power in Gary, Indiana.

In Gary, some 20,000 customers are still without power and air conditioning.

Residents like Adriana Harris are posting daily updates and their frustrations on social media.

This is mentally challenging for so many people.

People cannot work.

People cannot do live their everyday lives how they're used to living.

Power has been out for the region since August 11th when 100 mph winds and storms swept through Indiana near the Illinois border.

Initially, some 300,000 customers lost electricity.

Gary officials say they will provide residents with three hot meals a day, tarps and charging stations.

To the families and to the citizens of Gary, we are standing with you.

We are praying with you.

We are also providing as much resources and support as possible.

In the meantime, local power officials say the repairs are complicated because in some cases, entire transmission poles will need to be replaced.

These are lines that ordinarily take us and systems that ordinarily take weeks or months that we are trying to accomplish in days and or weeks.

She assured residents in the predominantly black city that race and socioeconomic status are not playing a role in the pace of recovery, saying affluent areas are also affected.

But across the region, anger is a common feeling.

Residents in Griffith, Indiana, shared how their lives are being impacted at a town hall earlier this week.

I'm diabetic and I have my medicine in a refrigerator.

As fast as officials say they're working, they don't expect power to be fully restored until next Tuesday.

For the PBS NewsHour, I'm Stephanie Sai.