Several thunderstorms, hail, lightning and high winds that passed through the state Tuesday night and continued throughout Wednesday caused extensive damage to our facilities across Entergy Mississippi’s service area. At peak, 33,600 customers have lost power from the damaging storms. As of 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, there are 25,853 customers without power.

Early morning storms bringing strong, gusty high winds entered our Entergy service territory Friday morning causing fallen trees and broken tree limbs, resulting in outages and damages to our facilities. Additionally, the winds continued to gust through the day Friday generating new outages. As of 9 a.m. today, Entergy has restored service to more than 22,086 customers. About 1,516 customers remain without power as of 1 p.m. Damage assessment has identified damages to 92 poles, eight transformers, 67 cross arms, and 260 spans (71,500 feet) of downed wire. A workforce of more than 580 damage assessors, vegetation crews, line workers, and support personnel are diligently working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible through this event.

Entergy Mississippi continues to assess damage and restore power to customers impacted by high winds and lighting Sunday night. Damage assessment crews found more than 12 miles of downed wire and 47 damaged poles. More than 1,300 employees and contract partners are working long hours, restoring service to customers as safely and as quickly as possible.As of 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, fewer than 3,600 customers are without power, down from a peak of approximately 25,000 outages Sunday night.