PLAINFIELD, Ind. — Steady progress continues to be made in restoring power to Indiana customers following significant icing of power lines, trees and highways from a winter storm that struck the Midwest late Tuesday.

As of 8 a.m. Thursday, Duke Energy had resolved approximately 61,000 of the approximately 95,000 power outages in its Indiana service area. About 34,000 customers remain out of service. The hardest work is still ahead, however, as the company begins to tackle time-intensive repairs affecting smaller groups of customers. Restoration work is expected to continue into the weekend. Estimated restoration times for the hardest hit areas include:

Clarksville, Jeffersonville, New Albany-By 11 p.m. Saturday, with some isolated outages into Sunday

Corydon/Salem-By 6 p.m. Saturday

Madison-By 6 p.m. Friday

(Restoration times are estimates for when Duke Energy expects to have storm-related outages restored. There may still be some isolated outages remaining after these times.)

“We have brought in a second wave of additional crews from the region and our companies in the Carolina’s to help speed power restoration,” said Duke Energy Indiana President Jim Stanley. “We’ll have about 1,370 line workers, damage assessors and tree clearing personnel working in southern Indiana today. We appreciate our customer’s patience during this significant outage.