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Power outages reported in Baton Rouge, surrounding areas

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) — Thousands of people in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas are in the dark after showers and storms caused power outages Monday morning.

According to Entergy Louisiana’s outage map, nearly 3,500 customers in East Baton Rouge Parish do not have electricity, as of 8 a.m.

The following outages have been reported by Entergy in surrounding parishes:

ASCENSION: 205

EAST BATON ROUGE: 3,354

EAST FELICIANA: 303

IBERVILLE: 185

LIVINGSTON: 399

POINTE COUPEE: 1,171

WEST BATON ROUGE: 281

WEST FELICIANA: 4

Over 8,500 DEMCO customers are experiencing power outages in the WAFB viewing area.

See the full list of DEMCO outages below:

EAST FELICIANA: 3,085

EAST BATON ROUGE: 1,785

ASCENSION: 968

WEST FELICIANA: 475

LIVINGSTON: 2,021

ST. HELENA: 361

The Iberville Parish School District announced on Monday morning that North Iberville Elementary and North Iberville High School will not have class today due to a power outage.

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