Indiana National Guard deployed to help storm cleanup

with more rain on the way. Cleanup efforts continue across the area hindered by these extra rounds, of course. But Tuesday's devastating storm still on our minds. Yeah, that goes for Northwest Indiana as well. A lot of people there still don't have power. Casey Curtis is live in Munster with the National Guard showed up this morning, Casey. Hi, Terrence and Anita. That's right. 30 National Guard members are here in Munster and another 30 in Hobart and here at 35th and Linden. It is a busy block today. Those guard members are working to help folks clear down trees and debris from streets like this one earlier today. Neighbors tell us this street was still impassable. Boots on the ground arrived this morning within hours of Indiana Governor Mike Braun declaring a statewide disaster emergency. The 113th Engineer Battalion was in the middle of its annual two week training at Camp Atterbury, just south of Indianapolis. When the call for help came in here in Munster, guardsmen are using heavy equipment and chainsaws to clear some of the hardest hit neighborhoods, lending a hand to community members who experienced the worst of Tuesday's storm. Residents near 35th and Linden say so many trees came crashing down, cutting off access to garages and front doors. Some people on the block were trapped in their homes until help arrived. And until earlier today, massive trees were still in the middle of the road. My wife's from Munster originally, and so we moved into neighborhood like neighborhood because of the trees. And then on Tuesday, obviously the storm hit my I was at work at Tony's Pizza in Beecher, Illinois, and I came home because my wife said two trees came on the house. And so I rushed home to what you see behind us and just kind of working through to get it cleaned up. Everybody in the neighborhood kind of helping each other out. So the goal today is to clear the right of way to allow both utility reconnection as well as road access so that everybody can get their utility services back on, get into their driveways. Our mission is always about Hoosiers helping Hoosiers, so we're always ready any time, anywhere to answer the call whenever it's necessary. And here in northwest Indiana, there are still about 230,000 Nipsco customers waiting for the lights to come back on. Officials with the company say this marks the loud largest outage on record here in northwest Indiana. Live in Munster, Casey Cronus, Fox Chicago.