20/08/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 20/08/2024 21:02
Insights > Entergy Mississippi storm update - 8/20/24, 5 p.m.
08/20/2024
Sunday evening thunderstorms brought heavy rains, strong winds, and lightning strikes into our service territory, causing fallen trees and broken tree limbs resulting in a peak outage count of 21,103. With a continued strong restoration effort last night and today, as of 5 p.m., 1,871 customers remain without power. Damage assessment has identified damages to 68 poles, 21 transformers, 65 cross arms, and over 72,000 feet of downed wire. A workforce of Entergy crews and additional resources of damage assessors, vegetation crews, line workers, and support personnel are diligently working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible through this event.
As we have continued to identify damaged equipment, restoration times are being updated and as a result, some customers in the Vicksburg and Greenville areas are expected to carry over tonight into Wednesday. For updated estimated restoration times throughout the day, view our outage map at www.entergy.com/view-outages.
With no further weather impacts, all other impacted customers are expected to have power restored by 10:00 p.m. this evening for all customers that can safely receive power.
Please remember, Entergy restoration workers cannot restore power to a location with a damaged meter base, conduit or weather head (the metal pipe extending upward from the structure with electrical cables inside). These items must be repaired by a qualified electrician before our workers can restore power. Learn more about the electrical equipment that serves your home.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as our crews safely work to restore customers' power.
As with any weather event, please be mindful of the following safety tips:
We want to keep you informed and in control. The best way to get information about outages is via Entergy's View Outage page on our website. Additional resources for your convenience: