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.

Severe weather pelted Entergy Mississippi’s service area Tuesday afternoon and evening, causing power outages for nearly 80,000 customers. As of 10 a.m., power has been restored to about 40,000 customers.

To meet the growing electric demand on Bolivar and modernize the equipment serving the area, Entergy Texas has built the new High Island Substation that will soon serve the area. For crews to complete the reliability work safely, customers on Bolivar will experience an outage on Monday, May 17, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.