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Entergy Mississippi completes power restoration after back-to-back weather events
By: Mississippi Editorial Team

04/08/2025

More than 75,000 outages restored in less than a week

JACKSON, Miss. – Entergy Mississippi has successfully completed restoring power to all customers whose homes and businesses could safely receive electricity after back-to-back weather events impacted its service area.

High winds, Wednesday and Thursday, brought down trees and limbs, most heavily impacting power lines in the Metro area and Senatobia. Just hours after crews completed restoration, thunderstorms, lightning and tornado activity brought on more outages Saturday and early Sunday morning, most heavily impacting Central Mississippi.

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.

Damage assessments over the six days of work identified damage to more than 160 poles, 75 transformers, and 32 miles of downed lines.

Past drought conditions and evolving weather events continue to make dead trees outside of the right of way a threat to the electrical grid. Comparing the first quarter of 2025 to the first quarter of the last three years, outages caused by fallen trees are up by 80%. Entergy Mississippi maintains a vigilant tree trimming process and encourages customers to consider how different tree species may affect power lines. 

If a customer still does not have power, it could be because of damage to the home’s weatherhead. Such damage must be repaired by a licensed electrician before Entergy Mississippi can safely restore power to the structure. Customers can learn more about the electrical equipment that serves their home at www.entergynewsroom.com/storm-center/weatherhead/.

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Mississippi  Storm Center  Storm Damage 
Mississippi Editorial Team
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