Due to the accessibility challenges, it may take several days following landfall before power is restored to the majority of our customers.

Hurricane Barry, downgraded to a tropical storm, continues moving slowly northward over west-central Louisiana and is causing some outages in Mississippi. We are restoring service to our customers where it is safe to do so and assessing damage. Strong winds and heavy rains continue to be a threat to our service area.

Barry, which briefly became a Category 1 hurricane Saturday before being downgraded to a tropical storm, continues to crawl across Louisiana, delivering heavy rains, high winds, coastal flooding and power outages. A storm team of approximately 3,400 is continuing damage assessments and restoration where it is safe to do.

As soon as it's safe to begin working, our crews start turning the lights back on for our customers.

Barry is now a hurricane, with its center nearing the Louisiana coastline.  We continue to prepare for the possibility that this weather system may impact our region with severe thunderstorms, strong winds and heavy rains.