Entergy Mississippi has restored service to more than 79,000 customers who lost power during the recent tornadoes and severe storms impacting our service territory Tuesday, May 4.
All customers that can accept electrical service safely have been restored.
As of 6 p.m., 99% of customers impacted from the storm outages Tuesday have been restored.
Power has been restored to more than 65,000 customers since severe weather struck Entergy Mississippi’s service areas on Tuesday. Nearly 80,000 customers were affected by the wave of thunderstorms, lightning, high winds and tornadoes that caused widespread power outages.
As of 9 a.m., 95% of customers have been restored with 1,050 customers remaining down from a peak of 22,110 from Tuesday morning. Damages remaining include 115 broken poles, 244 spans of wire down, 122 spans of wire damaged by trees and limbs and 79 pieces of equipment remaining to be repaired or replaced.
Entergy line worker crews follow the CDC’s recommendation on wearing face covering where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, while working on power lines.
For updates, go to https://entergystormcenter.com.
Customers encouraged to prepare with charged devices, emergency plan
Entergy Arkansas is preparing for the potential for power outages as a large part of its service area is likely to experience thunderstorms and strong winds this evening and into the night.
Entergy Corporation has named Erin Hodges as vice president for continuous improvement, effective today.
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