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More than 1,600 Entergy customers without power as showers drench New Orleans

NOLA.com · last updated

More than 1,600 Entergy customers were left without power Tuesday evening as showers soaked the New Orleans area. 

The blackout was first reported just before 8 p.m. and mostly confined to Freret and Central City, according to Entergy’s outage map. An Entergy New Orleans spokesperson said at 8:39 p.m. that the cause of the outage was under investigation but believed to be storm related.

Crews were working as quickly as possible to restore service, he said. Alerts from the utility company listed 9:30 p.m. as the estimated restoration time. 

Scattered showers and storms drenched much of the New Orleans metro Tuesday morning. Rains picked up again that evening after a brief afternoon intermission, brining frequent lightning and gusty winds, according to the National Weather Service. 

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