Thousands struggling without power in Indiana 12 days after severe storms
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Nearly two weeks after a damaging storm struck her town in Indiana, Terry Dubois is one of tens of thousands of people still without power.
在印第安纳州的一场破坏性风暴袭击她的城镇近两周后，Terry Dubois是成千上万仍然没有电力的人之一。
The 77-year-old has been relying on friends to bring her non-perishable food to eat.
这位77岁的老人一直依靠朋友给她带来不易腐烂的食物来吃。
Her son brought her a power bank so she can charge her phone and keep in touch with the outside world.
她的儿子给她带来了移动电源，这样她就可以为手机充电并与外界保持联系。
Thankfully, the summer heat hasn't been too punishing, Dubois said, meaning she has not missed her air conditioning too much.
值得庆幸的是，夏天的炎热并没有太多惩罚，Dubois说，这意味着她没有太多地错过她的空调。
"I've never seen a storm like that in my entire life. Never, never," she tells the BBC.
"我一生中从未见过这样的风暴。 永远，永远，"她告诉BBC。
"It was like a sheer wall of wind," she recalls.
"这就像一堵纯粹的风墙，"她回忆道。
A wave of sudden, severe storms brought flooding and tornadoes to the US Midwest on 11 August, including to Chicago and Indiana, where seven people were killed.
8月11日，一波突然而严重的风暴给美国中西部地区带来了洪水和龙卷风，其中包括芝加哥和印第安纳州，七人死亡。
The former industrial town of Gary, which runs along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, was hit particularly hard. Wind gusts peaked at 99mph (159kmh), according to the National Weather Service.
位于密歇根湖南岸的前工业城镇加里受到了特别严重的打击。 根据国家气象局的数据，阵风最高达到每小时99英里（159公里）。
The worst of the storm only lasted five to 10 minutes, but the impacts are lingering 12 days later.
最严重的风暴只持续了5到10分钟，但影响在12天后仍然挥之不去。
Toppled trees are being removed after the storm Power has been restored to more than 345,000 customers since the storm struck, but almost 30,000 were still without power as of Sunday morning, according to the area's electrical company Northern Indiana Public Service Company (Nipsco).
暴风雨过后，倒塌的树木正在被移走 据该地区电气公司北印第安纳州公共服务公司（Nipsco）称，自风暴来袭以来，电力已经恢复到超过345,000名客户，但截至周日早上，几乎30,000仍然没有电力。
In the first few days after the storm, petrol stations, supermarkets and pharmacies were without power, leaving people to survive on what they had.
风暴过后的头几天，加油站、超市和药店都停电了，人们只能靠现有的东西生存。
As the outage stretched into a second week, global food charity World Central Kitchen arrived to help people without access to food.
随着停电进入第二周，全球食品慈善机构World Central Kitchen来到帮助无法获得食物的人。
Power outages are not out of the ordinary for this part of the US.
在美国这一地区，停电并不罕见。
But outages that last more than a week are uncommon. Once home to the world's largest steel mill, the former industrial heartland of Gary has felt the outage on many fronts.
但持续一周以上的停电并不常见。 曾经是世界上最大的钢铁厂的所在地，加里的前工业中心地带已经感受到许多方面的停电。
One third of its roughly 70,000 residents live in poverty, according to US Census data. As well as dealing with storm-damaged properties, residents of the former industrial town have struggled to source food and maintain good hygiene.
根据美国人口普查数据，大约70,000居民中有三分之一生活在贫困中。 除了处理遭受风暴破坏的房产外，这座前工业城镇的居民还在努力寻找食物和保持良好的卫生条件。
There have also been reports of people unable to refrigerate medication and a wheelchair user crawling down their stairs in the absence of working lifts.
也有报道说，人们无法冷藏药物，轮椅使用者在没有工作升降机的情况下爬下楼梯。
At night, some roads have been "pitch black" without working street lights, Gary resident Kyle Allen tells the BBC.
加里居民凯尔·艾伦告诉BBC，夜晚有些道路"漆黑一片"，没有正常工作的路灯。
Allen has faced shorter power outages before, but this experience has been different as he has started caring for his 95-year-old father.
艾伦以前也经历过较短的停电，但这次经历不同，因为他开始照顾95岁的父亲。
As a result, he bought a generator which has been sustaining him and his father since the power failed.
因此，他买了一台发电机，自停电以来一直维持他和父亲的生活。
Demond Pompy, who has been grilling food in Gary during the power outage, told Reuters earlier this week that taking a shower and flushing the toilet are things people take for granted, but defiantly added: "One thing about us, we're going to adapt to any situation" Shatiya Hardin, meanwhile, said the situation has been "absolutely horrible".
停电期间一直在加里烤食物的德蒙德·庞皮本周早些时候告诉路透社，洗澡和冲厕所是人们理所当然的事情，但他坚定地补充道："我们有一点是，我们会适应任何情况。" 与此同时，沙蒂娅·哈丁表示，局势"极其糟糕"。
"At night we're sweating, we're irritable, we have children to look out for, elderly people who need electricity for oxygen tanks," she told the BBC's US partner CBS.
她告诉BBC美国合作伙伴CBS："晚上我们满头大汗，我们易怒，我们要照顾孩子，还有需要供氧气瓶用电的老人。"
"It's not OK for us to continually be in survival mode."
"我们不能一直处于生存模式。"
Amid mounting frustration, local residents have launched a class-action lawsuit, accusing the utility company Nipsco of failing to manage the trees which brought down the power lines in the storm.
在日益增长的挫败感中，当地居民已提起集体诉讼，指控公用事业公司Nipsco未能管理导致风暴中断电线的树木。
In the lawsuit, resident Jack Tipold said he was in the middle of dental surgery when the power failed.
在诉讼中，住院医师杰克·蒂波尔德表示，他当时正在牙科手术中，电力突然中断。
He said he was forced to abandon the procedure and was discharged without adequate pain medication.
他说自己被迫放弃手术，出院时没有足够的止痛药。
"I had all my teeth removed, and no medication for 48 hours.
"我拔了所有牙齿，48小时内没有服药。
Let me tell you something, it was a struggle," he told CBS.
让我告诉你，这真是一场挣扎，"他告诉CBS。
Nipsco has denied wrongdoing and said it would "vigorously" defend itself in court. Faith leaders alarmed by the ongoing outage held a press conference on Saturday outside a local church.
Nipsco否认不当行为，并表示将在法庭上"积极"为自己辩护。 对持续停电感到担忧的信仰领袖们于周六在当地教堂外召开新闻发布会。
"We come together today with one voice, asking those who have the power... to release the resources to our brothers and our sisters, our mothers and our fathers, because 12 days is long enough," he said, according to the Indianapolis Star.
"我们今天齐心协力，呼吁那些有权力的人......将资源释放给我们的兄弟姐妹、母亲和父亲，因为12天已经足够长了，"据《印第安纳波利斯星报》报道。
People have used ice to cool off in Gary Nipsco said on Sunday it was restoring power to everyone as soon as possible, and estimated Gary would have its electricity restored by Wednesday.
有人用冰块在加里降温 Nipsco周日表示，正在尽快恢复所有人的供电，并估计Gary的电力将在周三前恢复。
"We recognise how frustrating and difficult it is to be without power for an extended period," the company said in a statement.
公司在一份声明中表示："我们深知长时间停电是多么令人沮丧和困难。"
Indiana's governor Mike Braun said on Sunday there was "no excuse for these delays".
印第安纳州州长迈克·布劳恩周日表示，"这些拖延没有任何借口"。
He has requested a quicker major disaster declaration from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), which would unlock further help.
他已请求联邦紧急事务管理署（FEMA）更快宣布重大灾难，这将解锁更多援助。
With climate change making extreme weather more severe and frequent, such power outages are likely to become a more common problem.
随着气候变化使极端天气更加严重和频繁，这类停电很可能成为更常见的问题。
In the meantime, Braun has pushed Nipsco to bring in more crews to get those without power back online: "Put every available resource into the field.
与此同时，布劳恩推动Nipsco增派更多队伍，帮助失去电力的人恢复工作："投入所有可用资源到现场。
Get creative."
发挥创意。"
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