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Thousands without power in Orleans Parish, Entergy confirms outage

Entergy crews are working to restore power in Orleans Parish after an outage at a substation.

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Thousands without power in Orleans Parish, Entergy confirms outage

Entergy crews are working to restore power in Orleans Parish after an outage at a substation.

More than 11,000 people are without power in Orleans. According to the Entergy outage map, this is impacting people in parts of Uptown and parts of Central City. Entergy says power should be restored to all customers between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. This is the statement they sent us:We are aware of an outage at a substation impacting approximately 11,000 customers. Crews are on site and making repairs as quickly and as safely as possible. More information will be shared once it becomes available.This is a developing story we will continue to follow.

NEW ORLEANS —

We are aware of an outage at a substation impacting approximately 11,000 customers. Crews are on site and making repairs as quickly and as safely as possible. More information will be shared once it becomes available.

This is a developing story we will continue to follow.

More than 11,000 people are without power in Orleans. According to the Entergy outage map, this is impacting people in parts of Uptown and parts of Central City.

Entergy says power should be restored to all customers between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.

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This is the statement they sent us:

We are aware of an outage at a substation impacting approximately 11,000 customers. Crews are on site and making repairs as quickly and as safely as possible. More information will be shared once it becomes available.

This is a developing story we will continue to follow.

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