As Entergy’s Louisiana storm team works to restore power to the remaining few customers impacted by late Monday’s inclement weather, including high winds and tornados, the company is monitoring and preparing for another round of severe weather forecast to move across the state beginning this afternoon.
Entergy Louisiana crews and contractors are making steady progress on day two of power restoration following a storm system that heavily impacted the Interstate 10 corridor between Calcasieu and East Baton Rouge parishes, bringing high winds and tornadoes.
Entergy crews and contractors are actively assessing damages and restoring power after an intense storm system swept across South Louisiana Monday evening. High winds, lightning, fallen trees and flying debris impacted both the transmission and distribution systems and exacerbated restoration challenges.
Entergy crews and contractors are actively assessing damages and restoring power after an intense storm system swept across South Louisiana. In addition to reports of possible tornadic activity in Calcasieu Parish, the storm brought lightning and high winds exceeding 60 mph, resulting in power outages for approximately 92,700 customers at its peak.
We are aware of the outages currently impacting a number of our customers as severe weather, including high winds and lightning, moves across the state. Our crews are responding and restoring power behind the line of storms once it becomes safe to do so.
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As work progresses on the third day of restoration, cranes and track equipment are being heavily utilized as utility crews narrow in on repairs and rebuild work being made in rural fields and densely wooded areas.
Utility crews are working hard to restore power to the remaining 13,000 customers whose electric service was interrupted following yesterday’s storm. They expect most customers will be restored by tonight except for isolated cases of customers in the hardest-hit areas in or around Calcasieu Parish and Lafayette.
Entergy’s workforce continues to make progress assessing damage to the electric system and safely restoring power for customers across Louisiana after a strong storm system brought high winds Wednesday morning and caused scattered outages across the state.
Entergy crews and contractors are assessing impacts to the electric system and working quickly to restore power where it is safe to do so as a powerful storm system packing high winds that were forecast to be upward of 70 mph moves across Louisiana.