power outage

It's the last thing you want to hear during a heat wave, the power will be cut off.

This stretch of record-breaking heat in south Louisiana has put a strain on air conditioners across the area. And it also has caused some damage to part of one power company's infrastructure.

It wasn't a storm or the heat but it was big enough to knock the air conditioners off for about 20,000 people on Wednesday afternoon.

Several Louisiana communities were adversely affected by yesterday strong storms. The inclement weather shut down power, closed some schools, and is believed to have caused a residential fire as well.

Entergy has restored electrical service to customers after thousands lost power early Wednesday morning.

Water and electrical service will be interrupted across portions of South Louisiana beginning today. Here's where and when the interruptions are planned.

The outage reportedly began at 3:00 am. City officials say crews are working to restore power, but they do not know yet when that will be.

Entergy claims Hurricane Ida wiped out more power poles than Hurricanes Katrina and Zeta combined.

A little extra precaution when putting your generator away today will help you get it cranked more quickly the next time you need it.

According to KATC TV 3, a Lafayette Utilities System spokesperson says that at around 7:30 am a squirrel shorted out a distribution bus when it got between an insulator and ground. The outage area was approximately from E. Broussard Road to Ambassador Caffery Parkway and from Verot School Road to the Vermilion River.

LUS is reporting a power outage that is affecting over 3,500 people.

The inclement weather that made its way across Acadiana and Louisiana caused power outages in Duson.

We will bring you more details as they become available.

Most of the outages are in Iberia Parish.

You do not need to report to SLEMCO that your power is off since this is a planned event.

Hurricane Delta wreaked havoc on Acadiana Friday night, leaving thousands of families without power.

It took a little more than a month to get over 93,000 south Louisiana residents back online following Hurricane Laura.

Gusty winds today could create more trouble for limbs and trees weakened by Hurricane Laura last month.

Service has been restored to over one hundred thousand customers in the area in a little less than three weeks.

Hundreds of thousands of customers were brought back online over the weekend, still, many more remain without power this morning.