NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday and brought flooding rains, wind, and power outages.
Entergy crews began restoration efforts Thursday morning. Officials said damage assessments should be completed by the end of Thursday.
The storm made landfall in Terrebonne Parish around 5 p.m. as a Category 2 hurricane.
In the city of New Orleans, the gusts were between 50-60 miles per hour, which led to downed trees, debris, and power outages. City officials asked people to "shelter in place" and stay off the streets.
Track the storm using our interactive radar and keep up with live updates here.
As of 7 p.m. Monday, Entergy Louisiana reported more than 1,300 customers without power. Here are outages by parish (parishes are only included if more than 20 customers were out):
Ascension: 87
Assumption: 29
East Baton Rouge: 57
Iberville: 49
Jefferson: 61
Lafourche: 32
St. James: 22
St. John the Baptist: 52
Terrebonne: 742
Washington: 21
Entergy New Orleans Representative Nyka Scott says they anticipate 90% of New Orleans customers to be restored by the end of Friday.
Entergy Restoration Estimated Timetable
Please note that these estimates are subject to change as we complete our assessments and continue with restoration work in the affected areas. We will issue updates to these estimates as we learn more.
- Tangipahoa (Robert, Ponchatoula, Springfield, Hammond) Sept. 13, 10 p.m.
- Iberville , Sept. 13, 10 p.m.
- St. Tammany, Sept. 13, 10 p.m.
- East Baton Rouge Sept. 14, noon
- Jefferson Sept. 14, 10 p.m.
- Orleans - East Bank Sept. 14, 10 p.m.
- Ascension Sept. 14, 10 p.m.
- St. John the Baptist Sept. 14, 10 p.m.
- St. James Sept. 14, 10 p.m.
- Tangipahoa (Kentwood, Independence, Amite) Sept. 14, 10 p.m.
- St. Charles Sept. 15, 10 p.m.
- Washington Sept. 15, 10 p.m.
- St. Helena Sept. 15, 10 p.m.
- Lafourche Sept. 15, 10 p.m.
- Terrebonne Sept. 16, 10 p.m.
- Assumption Sept. 15, 10 p.m.
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