Entergy crews and contractors are assessing damages to the electric system and restoring power where it is safe to do so after a second wave of storms this week impacted South Louisiana overnight.

As Entergy’s Louisiana storm team works to restore power to the remaining few customers impacted by late Monday’s inclement weather the company is monitoring and preparing for another round of severe weather forecast to move across the state beginning this afternoon.

Entergy Louisiana crews aim to restore power to most customers who can safely accept service by late Thursday night, with isolated groups in the hardest-hit areas possibly extending into Friday.

Entergy crews and contractors are actively assessing damages and restoring power after an intense storm system swept across South Louisiana Monday evening.

Entergy crews and contractors are actively assessing damages and restoring power after an intense storm system swept across South Louisiana.

Our crews are responding and restoring power behind the line of storms once it becomes safe to do so.

A workforce of more than 1,000 damage assessors, vegetation crews, line workers, and support personnel are diligently working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.

Since the night of May 8, Entergy Arkansas has restored approximately 43,000 customer outages resulting from multiple storm fronts that moved through the state. Currently there are approximately 1,430 remaining customer outages.