Entergy’s team deployed a new Entergy-owned helicopter for its inaugural patrol flights to help restore power to thousands of customers in the wake of severe storms that swept through the Gulf Coast region on March 15 and the more recent spring storms in Arkansas earlier this month.

Entergy Arkansas appreciates your patience as we have completed our restoration efforts resulting from multiple rounds of thunderstorms starting on April 2.

It has been another hard day for our line workers as they experienced more damage than expected with trees blocking access to our equipment and dealing with knee-deep water due to flooding in some areas.

Significant progress is being made by our Entergy Arkansas crews in restoring power to our customers who remain affected by the multiple rounds of severe weather this past weekend. The series of storms resulted in peak outages of 71,300 customers. As of 11 a.m. today, 11,200 outages remain, and we continue to work diligently and safely to restore your power.

The consecutive weather events caused some customers to experience repeated outages, and since Wednesday, April 2, crews have restored a total of 75,000 power outages. Throughout the effort, nearly 800 team members, including lineworkers, tree trimmers, damage assessors and support personnel, worked to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.

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.

Entergy Arkansas is committed to helping customers recover following the devastating severe weather. The following information will help educate customers who are bringing in their own temporary housing units while they make repairs, or if they plan to vacate their home(s).

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.