severe flooding delaying restoration for some areas; majority of customers expected to be restored.

additional resources requested to assist with restoration after back-to-back severe thunderstorms cause widespread outages.

crews have safely restored power to nearly 70% of customers impacted by severe storms.

crews are ready to safely restore power to customers as quickly as possible.

prepare now for weather threats the summer season can bring.

in all, entergy mississippi restored service to over 89,606 customers following the severe weather event.

damage assessment is complete and we have  identified damages to 216 poles, 55 transformers, 91 cross arms, and 812 spans (223,000 feet) of downed wire.

significant restoration progress was made overnight and as of 8 a.m., 6,844 customers remain without power from this week’s severe storms and high winds. as of 8 a.m. friday, 69,966 customers have had their power restored.