as the arkansas river reaches record high levels this week, entergy arkansas is responding with measures to protect both people and equipment in flooded areas along the river.
entergy’s shareholders have contributed $150,000 to ensure the continued success of green light new orleans’ one-of-a-kind rain barrel program.
the devastating easter flood of 1979 is an unforgettable part of jackson, mississippi’s history. the pearl river crested and flooded the city’s downtown that april. as expected, the community rose above the devastation. and entergy, then mississippi power & light, employees were there, fighting to protect the community’s electric power supply. now 40 years later, some of our employees and retirees still remember the damage and how they pulled together to maintain service to customers.
when floodwaters began rising in their neighborhood in orange, texas, jessica and aceson holmes safely moved their pets and vehicles to higher ground and evacuated before the worst of hurricane harvey’s rains arrived. over the next few days, the water reached 5 feet in their house and 6 feet in their barn as adams bayou swelled over its banks.
flooding is significantly impacting entergy's ability to restore power to customers in some areas. several substations, which distribute electric service to many customers over large areas, are experiencing outages due to flooding. restoration of these locations is also being hampered as workers are unable to access these areas. when flood waters recede and it is safe to do so, entergy workers will assess damage and begin restoration of these assets.
this morning, more than 83,000 entergy texas customers were without power. currently, there are 4,956 customers that are without power and not accessible to be restored due to high water access issues. entergy has restored 110,697 outages since harvey began impacting our area on friday and our crews continue to safely restore power as quickly as possible.
tropical storm harvey began affecting southeast texas friday night and continues causing new power outages for entergy texas customers. harvey is expected to move farther inland near galveston on wednesday, august 30th as a 50 mph tropical storm. additional outages are expected as the storm moves through.
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