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Entergy reporting thousands of power outages across New Orleans

Updated: 8:38 PM CDT May 7, 2025

PARISH PRESIDENT. AND WHAT THEY’RE DEALING WITH THIS AFTERNOON. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE THING IS WHEN YOU’RE YOU’RE DRIVING AROUND TRYING TO LOOK AND SEE DAMAGES, IT’S NOT JUST US NEWS PEOPLE OUT HERE. IT IS LOCAL LEADERS OUT HERE TRYING TO SEE WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND IN Y’ALL’S AREAS. AND I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN PRETTY FORTUNATE FOR YOU GUYS SO FAR. NOT A LOT OF DAMAGE IN YOUR AREA. THANK GOD FOR THAT. WE HAD WE HAD THREE UTILITY POLES THAT WERE SNAPPED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH BETWEEN ARABI AND THE CHALMETTE AREA, AND I THINK WE LOST AROUND ABOUT 1400 HOMES, WAS OUT OF POWER WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES. WE SHOULD HAVE ABOUT 1100 OF THEM. I JUST SPOKE WITH ENERGY THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 1100 ON BACKUP ONLINE AND A FEW MINUTES. WHAT’S GOING TO GIVE US ABOUT ABOUT 300 MORE IN THE ARABI AREA? IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO GET THEM BACK UP. BUT OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT’S ALL CAUSED FROM WIND DAMAGE. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OTHER TREES LOCATIONS THAT THE TREES WAS DOWN ON ATOP THE POWER LINES. SO BETWEEN THE TREES AND THE HARD WIND, THAT’S THAT’S THE REASON WE’RE OUT OF POWER IN CERTAIN AREAS OF SAINT BERNARD PARISH. AND YOU GUYS WERE OUT HERE. I MEAN, YOU YOU HEARD THE STORM COME THROUGH. KIND OF DESCRIBE IT FOR ME. WELL, WE HAD GUYS OUT. THAT WAS ALL THAT. YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TRYING TO PREPARE FOR FOR THINGS LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE DON’T WAIT FOR IT TO COME. ALL OF OUR MEN, ALL OF OUR PUMP STATIONS ARE DOUBLE MANNED RIGHT NOW. THE CANALS ARE PRETTY CLEAN. RAKES, RAKES ARE A GOOD OPERATION. SO THE GUYS ARE OUT CLEANING DRAINS AND CHECKING OUT THE THE FALLEN TREES AND REMOVING THEM OFF THE POWER LINE. SO I THINK WE’RE DOING PRETTY GOOD. WE’RE MAKING PROGRESS. AND I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW AS THE METEOROLOGISTS ARE TELLING US, THE STORMS ARE STILL COMING TO LOUISIANA, ANOTHER ONE POSSIBLY ON ITS WAY. WHAT WOULD YOU TELL YOUR RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW? WELL, THE MAIN THING IS, YOU KNOW, WE WE ASK ALL OF THE RESIDENTS TO KIND OF LIKE ADOPT THE DRAIN. IF IT’S IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE’S ANY GRASS CLIPPINGS OR LEAVES THAT ARE ON TOP THAT DRAIN. IT’S A MAJOR HELP WHEN WHEN SOMEONE GOES OUT AND HELPS CLEAN THEM DRAINS IN FRONT OF THE HOMES. YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH MANPOWER. WE DO THE BEST WE CAN POSSIBLY DO. BUT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE PARISH, IT WE’RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE RESIDENTS, FOR ALL THE HELP THEY GIVE US. YOU KNOW, IN PARISH GOVERNMENT, IT GOES A LONG WAYS. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAD TODAY WAS WITH THE GARBAGE CANS. TODAY, THE GARBAGE RUN DAY IN THE METRO AREA IN THE EASTERN SIDE, AND A LOT OF THE GARBAGE CANS WAS BLOWN OUT INTO THE STREET, YOU KNOW, SO WE HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET THE RESIDENTS WHEN WE HAVE IN THIS TYPE OF WEATHER IS TO BRING THE GARBAGE CANS IN AND SECURE THOSE. THAT WOULD BE A BIG HELP. AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS. IT’S IT’S NICE TO SEE SOME POSITIVE NEWS THAT THINGS ARE WORKING RIGHT. OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. IT’S I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WORKING IN THE FIELD OPERATIONS AND, AND THIS TYPE OF EVENT THAT’S COMING THE SAME THAT HIT SAINT BERNARD. IT IT’S AMAZING THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN PREPARING FOR THIS. SAINT BERNARD IS NOT A STRANGER TO BIG STORMS. YOU GUYS HAVE HAD SOME BIG ONES HIT Y’ALL IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. OH YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. AND MAINLY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF SAINT BERNARD IS NOT PROTECTED BY HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE EASTERN PART OF SAINT BERNARD DOWN IN HOPEDALE. DELACROIX AND SHELL BEACH AND ALL OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WE GET WE GET HIT PRETTY HARD DOWN IN THE EASTERN SIDE OF SAINT BERNARD PARISH. AND I MEAN, GOING TOWARDS HURRICANE SEASON, DO YOU THINK YOU GUYS ARE PREPARED? WELL, THE BEST WE CAN. YEAH, YEAH, I HOPE SO. WE CAN DO IS DO ONE DAY AT A TIME WHEN THEY COME THIS WAY. HOPEFULLY WE PREPARED FOR IT FOR SURE. FOR SURE. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US, I APPRECIATE IT I APPRECIATE NOW GUYS, WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP ON SURVEYING THE AREA, DRIVE AROUND, SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE KIND OF WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN

Entergy reporting thousands of power outages across New Orleans

Updated: 8:38 PM CDT May 7, 2025

Thousands are without power in the New Orleans and Jefferson Parish due to the severe weather. Latest flood forecast | Parish-by-parish flood threat | How to clean your catch basin | What to do if it floods | Check your pumping station status | Radar | Weather alertsEntergy Louisiana is reporting more than 1,000 people without power in Jefferson Parish.More than 700 are reported without power in Orleans Parish. Entergy issued the following statement on the outage in Jefferson Parish: “In one of the most heavily-impacted areas following today’s severe storms, Entergy Louisiana anticipates that all customers in Jefferson Parish who can safely receive power will be restored by midnight tonight. Please note that the majority of customers will be restored well before the anticipated restoration time. We ask our customers to please continue to adhere to all local official guidance and allow our crews to safely perform their restoration work.”The City of New Orleans is allowing neutral ground parking until 7 p.m. Thursday. Click here to see the power outage maps.

Thousands are without power in the New Orleans and Jefferson Parish due to the severe weather.

Latest flood forecast | Parish-by-parish flood threat | How to clean your catch basin | What to do if it floods | Check your pumping station status | Radar | Weather alerts

Entergy Louisiana is reporting more than 1,000 people without power in Jefferson Parish.

More than 700 are reported without power in Orleans Parish.

Entergy issued the following statement on the outage in Jefferson Parish:

“In one of the most heavily-impacted areas following today’s severe storms, Entergy Louisiana anticipates that all customers in Jefferson Parish who can safely receive power will be restored by midnight tonight. Please note that the majority of customers will be restored well before the anticipated restoration time. We ask our customers to please continue to adhere to all local official guidance and allow our crews to safely perform their restoration work.”

The City of New Orleans is allowing neutral ground parking until 7 p.m. Thursday.

Click here to see the power outage maps.