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Power restored to more than 6,500 in New Orleans

Entergy restored the power prior to midnight.
Credit: Meghan Kee
Entergy Louisiana trucks respond to a blacked out area in Kenner, La. on Dec. 27, 2018. More than 8,000 people were without power because of the outage.

NEW ORLEANS — According to Entergy outage map information, more than 6,500 customers were without power in the Gentilly, Fairgrounds and Treme neighborhoods of New Orleans on Tuesday night.

Power was restored prior to midnight after Entergy claims the outage began at 9:21 p.m.

"We apologize for this inconvenience," Entergy commented during the outage. "We are aware that your power is out and are working to restore it as soon as possible."

Credit: Entergy

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