power outage

Entergy has restored electrical service to customers after thousands lost power early Wednesday morning.

Water and electrical service will be interrupted across portions of South Louisiana beginning today. Here's where and when the interruptions are planned.

The outage reportedly began at 3:00 am. City officials say crews are working to restore power, but they do not know yet when that will be.

Entergy claims Hurricane Ida wiped out more power poles than Hurricanes Katrina and Zeta combined.

A little extra precaution when putting your generator away today will help you get it cranked more quickly the next time you need it.

According to KATC TV 3, a Lafayette Utilities System spokesperson says that at around 7:30 am a squirrel shorted out a distribution bus when it got between an insulator and ground. The outage area was approximately from E. Broussard Road to Ambassador Caffery Parkway and from Verot School Road to the Vermilion River.

LUS is reporting a power outage that is affecting over 3,500 people.

We will bring you more details as they become available.

Most of the outages are in Iberia Parish.

You do not need to report to SLEMCO that your power is off since this is a planned event.

It took a little more than a month to get over 93,000 south Louisiana residents back online following Hurricane Laura.

Gusty winds today could create more trouble for limbs and trees weakened by Hurricane Laura last month.

Service has been restored to over one hundred thousand customers in the area in a little less than three weeks.

Almost 100,000 Louisiana residents are still without electricity two and a half weeks after Laura's landfall.

Hundreds of thousands of customers were brought back online over the weekend, still, many more remain without power this morning.

Do you really know how to safely operate your generator? Improper use of power generators can be a hazard to your safety and of those around you.

The outage occurred shortly before 10 Wednesday night, crews are currently working to restore service to the affected area.

The power was out for several hours for several thousand electric customers in Southwest Louisiana.

Several schools in St. Landry Parish will be closed today due to ongoing power outage issues in the area.

Through its network of mutual aid, SWEPCO has 150 utility workers from Ft. Worth, Abilene, and Austin, Texas to assist with power restoration.