it is estimated that 95% percent of the affected customers will be restored by 10:00 p.m. tonight.

as of noon today, power has been restored for nearly 29,700 entergy mississippi customers affected by saturday morning’s storms. about 8,600 customers remain without power, primarily in our northern service area. we expect some customers to be restored by tuesday evening, though some in the hardest hit areas will carry over to wednesday.

as of 7 p.m., power has been restored for 25,300 entergy mississippi customers. about 13,000 customers remain without power, down from a peak of 38,300.

a line of severe thunderstorms with straight line winds has moved through entergy’s service area causing approximately 54,500 outages across the state.

crews expect to restore power by tonight to the majority of customers still without electricity in areas struck hardest by the violent storm system that swept across louisiana saturday.

our restoration workers have made great progress restoring service to customers affected by the recent severe weather. significant damage in some areas will extend restoration for those customers. we have more than 3,000 restoration workers in the field.