{
  "id": 767267,
  "title": "Severe storms cut power supply to 540,000 homes in US midwest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/severe-storms-cut-power-supply-to-540-000-homes-in-us-midwest",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T11:49:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/power-outages-midwest-indiana-storms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Indiana faced most outages at 267,000, about 8% of its customers, with severe thunderstorms and wind ahead Power supply was cut on Thursday to about 540,000 homes and businesses across the US midwest as severe storms battered the region, data from PowerOutage.us showed. Indiana was the hardest-hit state, with more than 267,000 outages, representing about 8% of its roughly 3.3 million customers,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}