LORAIN, Ohio — More than a million Ohioans are facing uncertainty and hunger as they await food assistance that an ongoing government shutdown has halted. State and federal funding is on the way, but it’s unclear when that help is coming and how much families can expect.

In the meantime, food banks are straining under a sudden increase in demand for assistance.

Tuesday, hundreds of cars queued for hours ahead of an emergency drive-thru pantry in Lorain hosted by Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio.

“I wanted to be out here at 9 o’clock because the early bird gets the worm. And I didn’t know how much food, how much produce and everything they had,” said George Klingaman.

The Huron County resident was first in line for the mobile distribution in the parking lot of Lorain’s for

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