From high winds to power outages and rain, Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night on the Georgia-Florida coast and the storm impacted Indiana throughout the day and night Friday.
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has warned the storm could cause damage to trees and buildings, create power outages and dangerous driving conditions with localized flooding possible. Up to two inches of rain is expected through Saturday evening.
Here’s how the storm has impacted Central Indiana so far.
How Helene is affecting Indianapolis: Road conditions, power outages, flight cancellations
Power outages across Indiana
As of Saturday morning, Duke Energy is listing nearly 11,000 customers without power across the state, with most of the outages spread out across Central Indiana. The highest number at a time on Friday was over 59,700.
As of Saturday morning AES In diana is reporting 40,478 of their customers without power across Indianapolis with many clustered in northern parts of Indianapolis, including Washington Township and near Eagle Creek. Friday night, AES Indiana said they had over 50,000 customers without power.