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.
A restoration crew of more than 870 people are working around the clock to turn the lights on.
Entergy Arkansas is committed to helping customers recover following the devastating tornadoes. 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).
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.
As part of extensive year-round focus on incident preparation, Entergy employees recently participated in a week-long exercise to prepare for when customers need them the most.
After a weekend of severe weather that caused widespread damages to the electric grid, today provided favorable weather conditions for crews to make remarkable progress in repairs and rebuilding both transmission and distribution systems.
Crews have worked around the clock to safely restore power since multiple rounds of severe weather caused widespread outages across Entergy Arkansas’ service territory this weekend. Currently, 6,045 customers remain without power.
Severe weather with reports of multiple tornadoes in Northwest Arkansas early this morning has caused damage and additional outages throughout the state.