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Over 2,400 without power in East Baton Rouge Parish

WAFB · last updated

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) — Entergy reports that 2,454 customers are without power in East Baton Rouge Parish as of 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, August 20.

The company’s outage map shows the largest clusters of outages affecting around Government Street.

Entergy has not yet released an estimated restoration time.

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