Thousands without power, reports of downed trees following severe weather
Heavy rain causing some power outages By WAFB Staff | April 16, 2021 at 6:46 AM CDT - Updated April 16 at 7:47 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Thousands of residents are without electricity after severe weather rolled through the metro Baton Rouge area just after 5 a.m on April 16.
According to Entergy Louisiana, over 6,000 customers across East Baton Rouge Parish are in the dark as of 7:45 a.m.
In Iberville Parish, over 1,500 customers are without electricity.
In total, Entergy is reporting over 11,000 customers are without electricity statewide.
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