distribution system damage includes 895 poles, 438 transformers and 1,718 spans of wire.
nearly 48,000 customers lost power due to hurricane laura, as trees toppled onto power lines and heavy winds caused damage to power poles and electrical equipment. more than half were restored by friday afternoon, and the company expects 98% of customers who can take power will be restored by sunday evening.
hurricane laura hits area especially hard; some 130,000 lose power as storm barrels through
crews continue to make progress following hurricane laura.
majority of customers who can take power are expected to be restored by sunday night.
at 8 a.m., hard-working responders had restored 143,489, or 23% of the 615,400 customers who lost power.
an update on rolling outages
hurricane laura entered the entergy arkansas service area thursday morning with heavy rains and tropical storm winds ranging from 40-50 mph and wind gusts up to 65 mph.