Early morning storms cause damage in central Indiana - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

About 36,000 utility customers lost power in the Hoosier state Sunday morning after an overnight rain storm ripped across Central Indiana.

As of noon, 22,000 IPL customers were still without power mostly in the north and northeast part of Indianapolis.

There are lot of power lines down and in trees, and IPL is asking the public to stay clear of them until they get to the areas affected by the storm. IPL is expecting it to take several days to get power restored to areas that have been hit by the wind and lightning.

The public can report outages or downed power lines at 261-8111.

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The National Weather Service reports that Central Indiana received anywhere from one inch to 1.70 inches of rain.

In the Indianapolis area, several streets are reported flooded along with dozens of power lines and trees that are reported down.

However, earlier thunderstorm watches have been canceled as of 8:30am.

Also, a church has caught fire in Lebanon, possibly started by lightning.

We'll have more information as it becomes available.

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