Nearly 30,000 NIPSCO customers are still without power following the outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes in northwest Indiana earlier this week. Crews hope to have services restored for residents in the Town of Merrillville by next Tuesday. The community there was hit with an EF-2 tornado on Thursday night. “When it came the noise just kept getting louder and louder and louder,” said Merrilville resident Jackie Beeson. “I don’t know how to e…