Another day in severe weather season means another day of assessing the damage and restoring power for SWEPCO customers.
Tens of thousands of ArkLaTex resident were left in the dark after a second night of violent storms pushed through.
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Due to downed trees and power lines, just under 19,000 outages were being reported by SWEPCO at 8:15 a.m. Thursday across our region of Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. Roughly 27,000 customer were out of power at the height of the storm.
Some of the larger outages:
Caddo Parish 3,700
Bossier Parish 3,000
Sabine Parish 2,725
Harrison County 2,288
Wood County 1,326
Crews are fanning out across the area, working diligently to get power restored.
When severe storms roll in, outages are likely. Click here to connect with SWEPCO and see a real-time map of outages in the area. You can also report an outage and get an update on when your power is likely to be restored.