Power still out for thousands in Acadiana due to severe weather

Lena Foster
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(KLFY)– After Thursday’s severe weather, thousands in Acadiana are still without power this afternoon.

According to the Louisiana Power Outage Map, just under 55,000 customers were out statewide at 3 p.m., down from the 150,000 outages at 7:30 a.m. LUS reports 1,605 customers out.

As of 11 a.m., Cleco said it restored power to 23,000 (65%) of the 35,000 customers statewide who experienced a storm-related outage. At 11:30 a.m., SLEMCO reported 4,700 customers were out of power, down from 40,000 right after the storm rolled through.

Entergy said substations that provide power to the St. Martinville, Sunset and Grand Coteau areas were damaged in the storms, and as of 3:30 p.m. they were still offline. In a release, the utility said those in Jeff Davis and Calcasieu parishes may see their lights on late tonight, but it may be until late Sunday morning before power is fully restored to its Acadiana customers.

As of 3 p.m., these are the numbers of residents without power:

  • Acadia Parish: 440

  • Evangeline Parish: 289

  • Iberia Parish: 1,469

  • Jefferson Davis Parish: 78

  • Lafayette Parish: 3,306

  • St. Landry Parish: 5,177

  • St. Martin Parish: 1,907

  • St. Mary Parish: 10

  • Vermilion Parish: 414

  • Allen Parish: 6,770

  • Beauregard Parish: 3,727

  • Calcasieu Parish: 1,831

  • Cameron Parish: 0

Jeff Davis numbers may be lower than actual people without power due to the Jeff Davis Electric Co-op not reporting outages.

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