Great progress is being made by our Entergy Arkansas crews in restoring power to our customers affected by the multiple rounds of severe weather in recent days. As of noon today, 21,327 outages remain, mostly in the Little Rock area, after a peak of 71,300 Saturday. We expect 90% of customers to be restored by 10 p.m.

Great progress is being made by our Entergy Arkansas crews in restoring power to our customers affected by the multiple rounds of severe weather in recent days.

The Entergy Arkansas service area has sustained five rounds of severe weather in recent days, resulting at its peak Saturday in 71,300 customer outages. Currently, 83% of customer outages have been restored. We have activated teams of nearly 1,000 additional personnel to support restoration efforts and continue to shift resources and special equipment to assist with the hardest hit areas.

Entergy Arkansas crews have now responded to five rounds of severe weather since Wednesday evening. Customer outages were down to approximately 4,000 Friday afternoon from a peak of 27,000 outages until storms today caused additional outages which peaked at 71,300.

Entergy Arkansas crews have promptly restored power to many more customer interruptions caused by this week’s cycle of severe weather, including two confirmed EF3 tornadoes.