Several rounds of strong winds, lightning and heavy rain moved through the state on Aug. 18, continuing into the early morning hours of Aug. 19, resulting in a peak of 39,000 customer outages.
One week after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, our workforce has restored power to approximately 96% of Entergy customers affected by Hurricane Beryl. The majority of customers in the most heavily impacted areas are expected to be restored today.
Our crews continue working safely to restore your power as quickly as possible. We anticipate having 75% of customers restored today and all customers who can safely take power restored no later than Monday, July 15.
At 12:30 p.m., our restoration workers have restored approximately 45% of the electrical power outages caused by Hurricane Beryl.
Hurricane season starts Saturday, June 1, and experts predict another active season.
Entergy Arkansas is close to wrapping up restoration efforts from severe storm damage in Northwest Arkansas.
Just over 1,100 customers remain without power tonight after Entergy Arkansas crews restored power to thousands over the last several days. More than 46,000 customer interruptions have been restored since Friday evening.
Crews are still actively working to restore power to the approximately 2,500 customers remaining without power. The most intense damages were the result of lightning, wind and confirmed tornadoes in rural areas that included treacherous terrain that required specialty equipment and additional personnel.